"One determined man can make a difference" 20 December 1980 Drama, TV Movie 90 mins
An ex-football star, paralyzed from the waist down during Vietnam, accepts the challenge of coaching football in a juvenile reform school.
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Robert Conrad as Jim Brandon
Erin Gray as Paula DeFalco
Red West as Superintendant Turner
Daphne Maxwell Reid as Merissa Lane
David Raynr as Munroe 'Sweetlife' Johnson
Ricky Paull Goldin as Andy DeFalco
Alex Paez as Hector Estrada
Radames Torres as Effie 'Peanut' Rodriguez
Louis Carello as Eddie Lovella
Dean Hill as McLeash
Ed O'Bradovich as Ed O'Bradovich
Joneal Joplin as Coach Forester
Don Medford Director
Richard B. Lewis Art Direction
Pete Carpenter Music
Paul Vombrack Director of Photography
Joan Conrad Executive Producer
John Ashley Producer
Mike Post Music
George R. Rohrs Editor
Howard Deane Editor
Douglas E. Wise First Assistant Director
Frank Abatemarco Writer
United States 20 December 1980
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Jim Brandon a former player of the Chigago Bears has been paralysed during the Vietnam-war. When he returns he tries to get a job as a football-coach but ...
Jim Brandon a former player of the Chigago Bears has been paralysed during the Vietnam-war. When he returns he tries to get a job as a football-coach but ...
A former football player for the Chicago Bears makes a comeback after being paralyzed in Vietnam.
Coach of the Year is a 1980 American TV film about a paraplegic coach starring Robert Conrad Erin Gray Red West and Daphne Reid. Directed by Don ...
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