(LIST) Greatest Coaches In Movies
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…
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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
Donnie BlackWriter
Donnie Black is the Executive Producer of The Andie Summers Show and the Promotions Director for 92.5 XTU. He has been in the radio business for over 15 years and worked with BEN FM before coming to XTU. As a content creator for 92.5 XTU, Donnie creates contest pages, and concert listings and is known for writing random lists about movies, sports, and music.
