I’m not sure who came up with this and why they chose October 6th but today is National Coaches Day.  Growing up, I(Donnie) played every sport ever and had many coaches over the years.  Some coaches of mine I still keep in touch with 25-30 years later.

Who doesn’t love a classic sports movie with an awesome locker room speech?

I made a list of the best sports movie coaches ever. I kept trainers out of this one… Mick, Rocky, Yoda, Mr. Miyagi, etc…

Check it out…

• Dwayne Johnson as Coach Sean Porter in Gridiron Gang

• James Caan as Coach Sam Winters in The Program

• Walther Matthau as Coach Morris Buttermaker from Bad News Bears

• Gene Hackman as Coach Jimmy McGinty in The Replacements

• Al Pacino as Coach Tony D'Amato in Any Given Sunday

• Kurt Russell as Coach Herb Brooks in Miracle

• Matthew McConaughey as Coach Jack Lengyel in We Are Marshall

• Denzel Washington as Coach Herman Boone in Remember The Titans

• Kevin Costner as Coach Jim White in McFarland, USA

• Billy Bob Thornton as Coach Gary Gaines in Friday Night Lights

• Gene Hackman as Coach Norman Dale as Hoosiers

• Samuel L. Jackson as Coach Ken Carter in Coach Carter

• Greg Kinnear as Coach Dick Vermeil in Invincible

• Goldie Hawn as Coach Molly McGrath in Wildcats

• Ed Harris as Coach Harold Jones in Radio

• Nick Nolte as Coach Pete Bell in Blue Chips

• Tom Hanks as Manager Jimmy Duggan in A League Of Their Own

• Rodney Dangerfield as Coach Chester Lee in Ladybugs

• Rick Moranis as Coach Danny O'Shea in Little Giants

• James Gammon as Manager Lou Brown in Major League

• John Candy as Coach Irving Blitzer in Cool Runnings

• Emilio Estevez as Coach Gordon Bombay in Mighty Ducks

• Burt Reynolds in Coach Nate Scarborough in The Longest Yard

• Keanu Reeves as Coach Conor O'Neill in Hardball

• Luke Edwards as Manager Billy Heywood in Little Big League

• Martin Lawrence as Coach Roy McCormick in Rebound

• Danny Glover as Manager George Knox in Angels In The Outfield

• John Candy as Coach Irving Blitzer in Cool Runnings

• Terrance Howard as Coach Jim Ellis in Pride

• Whoopi Goldberg as Coach Edwina "Eddie" Franklin in Eddie

• Woody Harrelson as Coach Roy Munson in Kingpin

• Kevin Bacon as Coach Jimmy Dolan in The Air Up There

• Rhea Perlman as Coach Phyllis Saroka in Sunset Park

• Will Ferrell as Coach Phil Weston in Kicking & Screaming

• Will Ferrell as Coach Jackie Moon in Semi-Pro

• David Paymer as Coach Pederson in The Sixth Man

• Craig T. Nelson as Coach Darren Goddard in Blades of Glory

• Henry Winkler as Coach Klein in The Waterboy

• Rip Torn as Patches O'Houlihan in Dodgeball

• Jon Voight as Coach Bud Kilmer in Varsity Blues

• Paul Newman as Fast Eddie Felson in The Color of Money

• Carl Weathers as Chubbs Peterson in Happy Gilmore

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