Coach of the Year (1980)

Robert Conrad starred as Jim Brandon, a former Bears football player whose tour in Vietnam left him wheelchair-bound. Brandon starts a football team at the St. Charles youth prison. The the cast included Daphne Reid (above), a teacher/counselor at the prison, and Erin Gray as Jim's sister.   

The cast also included David Raynr (left) as the St. Charles quarterback and Ricky Paull Goldin as Andy DeFalco. Long-standing co-star Red West (center) played the role of the St. Charles superintendent.

#44 Richard Marx, --the brash, outspoken star athlete for the opposing team.

(blooper)

Robert Conrad
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