History Main / CreepyGymCoach

Due to the perception that AllMenArePerverts and that AManIsAlwaysEager, the coach is [[AlwaysMale usually male]]. A female coach who behaves like this is more likely to veer into DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnFemale (unless she falls at the PsychoLesbian end of LesbianJock) or DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale (unless she's an AbhorrentAdmirer in the case that NoGuyWantsAnAmazon--and even ''that'' is more likely to be played for laughs than if the genders were flipped). Related to TeacherStudentRomance, SadistTeacher, and EvilTeacher. See DrillSergeantNasty for another stereotypical portrayal of coaches (even though it originated with drill sergeants).

This trope is a {{stereotype}}, so Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease

* ''ComicBook/AnyasGhost'': Anya hates doing the bleep test because she thinks the male gym teacher "just likes seeing [the girls] run around in those stupid skirts."

* ''Series/{{CSINY}}'': In "[[Recap/CSINYS05E13 Rush to Judgement]], the murder victim Coach Nelson was believed to have emailed several members of the wrestling team child porn, although it is eventually revealed that he was framed by the killer's son, who was mad that Nelson moved him up a weight class that caused him to lose a scholarship.

** "Family": The coach had raped one of his students in the locker room and seemed to be about to molest ''her'' daughter (who he may have actually thought was his own daughter from the rape, but she wasn't) when he was killed.

** Played with in "Stand Up And Holler". Although the coach in this case wasn't explicitly abusive, he was a slimy, pathetic loser who was far too invested in his students' lives and wanted to be viewed as one of them, so he covered up the rapes perpetrated by the football players.

* In the ''Series/{{CSINY}}'' episode [[Recap/CSINYS05E13 "Rush to Judgement"]], the murder victim Coach Nelson was believed to have emailed several members of the wrestling team child porn, although it was eventually revealed that he was framed by the killer's son, who was mad that Nelson moved him up a weight class that caused him to lose a scholarship.

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* ''Film/ANightmareOnElmStreetPart2FreddysRevenge:'' Coach Schneider, Jesse's {{jerkass}} gym teacher, is revealed to be one of these when Jesse finds him in an S&M bar and he brings him to the gym and makes him run laps before hitting the shower. It's heavily implied he intends to sexually abuse Jesse before Freddy possesses Jesse and kills him.

* In a similar vein to the previous example, it was [[WordOfGod confirmed by frontman Kelly Jones]] of Music/{{Stereophonics}} that this was the subject of the song "A Thousand Trees". Allegations had arisen that a locally-respected football coach, whose name had been enshrined on the gates of his town's pitch, had sexually assaulted a teenage girl, thus burning down the reputation he had built up to that point.

* ''VideoGame/{{Bully}}'': Bullworth Academy's gym teacher, Mr. Burton, sexually harasses the female high school students, and in one mission, he asks Jimmy to steal panties from the girls' dorm for him. Prior to the events of the game, Zoe Taylor tried to complain about his behavior to the school, but no one believed her and she was expelled. Thankfully, Jimmy manages to get Burton fired at the end of the game.

* In ''WesternAnimation/CloneHigh'', a clone of Eleanor Roosevelt works at the school as a gym teacher, and she seems to be overly interested in the teenage girl clones.

Some of the things they may do include staring intently at people while they exercise, getting all touchy-feely with them, making flirtatious comments, trying to peek at them changing/showering, stealing underwear (and sometimes [[PervertedSniffing sniffing them]]), or desperately trying to get into people's pants. Their intentions can range from plain creepy (staring and sexual comments, but not actively trying to hurt people) to downright villainous (e.g., molestation or out-and-out {{rape|IsASpecialKindOfEvil}}). If the coach is [[VillainWithGoodPublicity well respected]] (usually because they coach a famous sports team), then they might [[KarmaHoudini get away with their actions]].

* In ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', the coach of Shuuyou Meito makes all the female managers wear {{Meido}} outfits, which implies that he has perverted tendencies.

** Cassidy reveals in Season 18 that he was molested by his wrestling coach.
** Zig-zagged in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS2E9Pixies "Pixies"]]: the victim's sexual relationship with her gymnastics team's sponsor was consensual (although the power differential [[QuestionableConsent makes the whole thing a little iffy]]), but other girls on the team describe creepy behavior from him, such as one girl who says he gave her body lotion and told her to think of him when she used it.
** In [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnitS6E13Quarry "Quarry"]], the SerialKiller pedophile on Death Row was also a serial rapist and a coach who kept the red baseball hats of all his victims.

** In "Monster's Legacy", a coach raped at least one of his players in the past and blackmailed him with the video of them "having sex", which then [[RapeLeadsToInsanity triggered the guy]] when he saw another coach (innocently) touch a student and led to him stabbing the innocent teachers.

* ''VideoGame/TheKaraoke: [[PlayerCharacter Mira]] and Moeka's basketball coach finds them practicing after school hours. While he asks Moeka to stay behind, Mira heads to the karaoke alone. However, Mira realizes that the coach did something terrible to Moeka and hides in the karaoke as he arrives to get her. As the other endings revealed, [[spoiler:the coach is a pedophile who had a hidden camera inside the girls' lockers and photos of his victims in his truck's compartment. It's up to Mira to report the coach to the authorities to put a stop to his terror.]]

* In ''Film/FreshMeat'', Glenn kidnaps his cricket coach Mr. Upjohn and brings him back to his CannibalClan as their next meal; explaining that the Updike is pedophile who has been preying on young boys for years. It is mentioned that as well as coaching cricket, he is also a swim coach and a scoutmaster.
* ''Film/MeanGirls'': Coach Carr, source of page quote, the gym teacher/athletic coach/sex-ed teacher at North Shore High School, is eventually revealed to have made out with at least two of his female students. When this is exposed by Regina leaking the Burn Book that prompts the iconic all-out hallway brawl near the end of the film, he flees premises amidst the chaos from Principal Duvall, who looks ready to [[BatterUp beat him to a pulp]] once he catches Coach Carr trying to break up a catfight between said two girls. Later on in the film, Ms. Norbury, whom Cady had written a rumor about her selling drugs in the Burn Book, has to be investigated by the police because the rumor about Coach Carr turned out to be true and is implied that he is now a fugitive (though unlike Coach Carr, the rumor about Ms. Norbury is false).

* ''Series/AmericanVandal'': The coach, Mr. Rafferty, appears to be extremely genial and popular, but it's hinted at that he's abused his position from time to time; one student believes he "roofied people" and Peter learns that [[spoiler:there's a mention on his file of showing "inappropriate conduct with a student.]] And there's whatever he said to [[spoiler:Christa after knocking her down and injuring her]], but it's never explicitly confirmed how sinister he is.

* ''Series/TheBigBangTheory'': In one episode Penny off handily mentions passing gym due to the affections of her (female) coach. In another, Sheldon mentions running from his own coach who was obsessed with taking his temperature with a rectal thermometer.

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'': [[spoiler:Woody Goodman, who owns the baseball team the Sharks]] used his position as the Little League coach to abuse [[spoiler:multiple kids over the years, including Marcos Oliveras, Peter Ferrer, and Cassidy Casablancas. The fact that Peter and Marcos were going to go to the police to stop Woody abusing anyone else is what leads to the bus crash.]]

'''Coach:''' ''[shaken, holding up his hands]'' Hey great work! You all get A's!!

--> '''Gym Teacher:''' All right, ladies. Enough chit-chat. Take it off, get in the shower, and bounce around for me!

** ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'': A nervous and apathetic coach seems so eager to [[DefiedTrope Defy]] this that he fails to do any teaching.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/BeavisAndButtHead'' episode "Wet Behind the Rears," Butt-head asks Buzzcut if he's one of these when he tells them to take a shower.

* ''Film/MeanGirls'': Coach Carr, source of page quote, the gym teacher/athletic coach/sex-ed teacher at North Shore High School, is eventually revealed to have made out with at least two of his female students. When this is exposed by Regina leaking the Burn Book that prompts the iconic all-out hallway brawl near the end of the film, he flees premises amidst the chaos from Principal Duvall, who looks ready to [[BatterUp beat him to a pulp]] once he catches Coach Carr trying to break up a catfight between said two girls. Later on in the film, Ms. Norbury, whom Cady had written a rumor about her selling drugs in the Burn Book, has to be investigated by the police because the rumor about Coach Carr turned out to be true and is implied that he is now a fugitiee (though unlike Coach Carr, the rumor about Ms. Norbury is false).

* ''Film/MeanGirls'': Coach Carr, source of page quote, the gym teacher/athletic coach/sex-ed teacher at North Shore High School, is eventually revealed to have made out with at least two of his female students. When this is exposed by Regina leaking the Burn Book that prompts the iconic all-out hallway brawl near the end of the film, he flees premises admist the chaos from Principal Duvall, who looks ready to [[BatterUp beat him to a pulp]] once he catches Coach Carr trying to break up a catfight between said two girls. Later on in the film, Ms. Norbury, whom Cady had written a rumor about her selling drugs in the Burn Book, has to be investigated by the police because the rumor about Coach Carr turned out to be true and is implied that he is now a fugitivee (though unlike Coach Carr, the rumor about Ms. Norbury is false).