The "Coach Dad" is a father who pressures his son to succeed in sports or other "manly" activities. The Coach Dad is often the father of the Jerk Jock; if so, he'll probably be a Jerkass himself. If the Coach Dad is the father of a Lovable Jock, he'll probably be more sympathetic. The father might be a former Jerk Jock himself who is living vicariously through his son.

There are also more extreme versions of the trope who pressure their sons into fighting or hunting. Considering how scarring it might be to be pressured into fighting or killing, these dads can be viewed as abusive.

Woe be unto any Nerd who has a Coach Dad for a father, especially if the dad wants him to fight his bullies. See Jock Dad Nerd Son.

Related to Education Mama and Stage Mom.

Examples

• Andrew Clark from The Breakfast Club has one of these for a father.
• Troy of High School Musical has a father who is actually his basketball coach. Troy is a Lovable Jock and his father comes to realize how much pressure he is putting on his son.
• On Ghostwriter, sensitive writer Rob has one of these. He seems to come around though.
• The plot of Billy Elliot features one of these; Billy prefers ballet, but his father insists he take up boxing at the local gym.
• Willie Watt from Batman Beyond has a father who pressures him into standing up to the guys who are bullying him. He ends up snapping and sending a giant remote-controlled robot after his tormentors and, later, after his own father.
• There's several episodes of The Simpsons where Homer will be like this (basically any time Bart and/or Lisa are involved in a sport).