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texasfiddler

(2,194 posts) Thu Aug 22, 2024, 06:15 PM Aug 2024

I used to love the TV show Coach. The funny thing is it was based on Minnesota football coaches.

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I used to love the TV show Coach. The funny thing is it was based on Minnesota football coaches. (Original Post) texasfiddler Aug 2024 OP

Well, actually it is sort of based on Iowa football rurallib Aug 2024 #1

It wasn't so much about the football. It was about the characters. texasfiddler Aug 2024 #2

rurallib

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1. Well, actually it is sort of based on Iowa football

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Thu Aug 22, 2024, 06:20 PM

Aug 2024

using the name "Hayden" from Iowa's head coach for about 20 years, Hayden Fry. I am pretty sure the guy who created the series was from Iowa City or close by. Think his name was Barry Kemp.

Hayden Fry during his years at Iowa became known for his exotic plays and his folksy one liners. "Dance with the lady that brung ya" always stuck with me.

ETA - the opening scene on "Coach" every week was the front of the Fieldhouse in Iowa City where the football offices used to be. Spent a lot ofttimes in that building playing racquet ball and basketball

texasfiddler

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2. It wasn't so much about the football. It was about the characters.

Reply to rurallib (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 22, 2024, 06:29 PM

Aug 2024

I loved Jerry Van Dyke's character and the Minnesota humor thrown in at times.

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