History Series / Coach

* {{Crossover}}: In 1997, Creator/{{ABC}} forced a crossover stunt on this and the other Wednesday night sitcoms - ''Series/TheDrewCareyShow'', ''Series/{{Ellen}}'' and ''GraceUnderFire''. Titled "Viva Las Vegas," the idea was that characters from the four shows would be in Las Vegas for different reasons and encounter each other. Only a couple characters from each series did this, however, and they amounted to [[TheCameo cameos]] at best. This series' contribution was "Viva Las Ratings" - [[BitingTheHandHumor mocking the network's stunt]]. Notably, Craig T. Nelson didn't support doing this, so Hayden did no crossing over. Luther wound up doing so instead - running into Drew and getting into a memorabilia bidding war with Mimi.

** The Orlando Breakers are a clear expy of the Jacksonville Jaguars, who joined the NFL in the same year the ReTool took effect. The Breakers, like the Jaguars, surprisingly make the playoffs in only their second season, and play the Buffalo Bills in their first playoff game. Also, one episode has the Breakers' owner plotting to move the team to Los Angeles because of low attendance.

* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: It's done in a largely unique way, Hayden is fully aware that he can come across as a jerk and just sort of accepts that he is not going to get along with everyone. As a college football coach he has to put on a DrillSargeantNasty persona on a frequent basis but he is rarely malicious and fully capable of being a mature adult when things don't go his way.

''Coach'' is an American {{sitcom}} that ran on {{ABC}} from 1989 to 1997. It starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, a successful but insensitive college football coach in Minnesota. His assistant coaches include his old friend Luther (Jerry Van Dyke) and the much younger "super senior" Dauber (Bill Fagerbakke).

''Coach'' is an American {{sitcom}} that ran on {{ABC}} from 1989 to 1997. It starred Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, a successful but insensitive college football coach in Minnesota. It covered him going from being an inexperienced coach with a poor college team all the way to him ending up in the NFL. His family issues included dealing with his successful anchorwoman girlfriend, Christine Armstrong, and coping with his rebellious daughter Kelly marrying an effeminate young man he strongly dislikes.

''Coach'' is an American {{sitcom}} that ran on {{ABC}} from 1989 to 1997. It starred Craig T. Nelson as a successful but insensitive college football coach in Minnesota. It covered him going from being an inexperienced coach with a poor college team all the way to him ending up in the NFL. His family issues included dealing with his successful anchorwoman girlfriend and coping with his rebellious daughter marrying an effeminate young man he strongly dislikes.

* DisappearedDad: Luthor's dad has been missing for decades. In one episode Hayden actually finds him.

* OnlyKnownByHisNickname: Micheal "Dauber" Daubinsky. When Dauber's girlfriend referred to him as Micheal in front of Hayden, he honestly didn't know who she was talking about.

* HeyItsThatGuy: [[{{Soap}} Jessica Tate]] is Hayden's new [[WhosTheBoss "Boss"]].
* HeyItsThatVoice!: Dauber is [[{{Spongebob Squarepants}} Patrick]], Hayden is [[{{The Incredibles}} Mr. Incredible]].

''Coach'' is an American sitcom that ran from 1989 to 1997. It starred Craig T. Nelson as a successful but insensitive college football coach in Minnesota. It covered him going from being an inexperienced coach with a poor college team all the way to him ending up in the NFL. His family issues included dealing with his successful anchorwoman girlfriend and coping with his rebellious daughter marrying an effeminate young man he strongly dislikes.

* KnownOnlyByHisNickname: Micheal "Dauber" Daubinsky. When Dauber's girlfriend referred to him as Micheal in front of Hayden, he honestly didn't know who she was talking about.

* WeddingDay: It took at three tries before Hayden and Christine actually got married, since the early attempts kept ending in disaster. The advertisement for the ''actual'' wedding lampshaded this by billing it as "The wedding of Hayden and Christine. Honest. Really, this time!"

* CripplingTheCompetition: In one episode the Orlando Breakers are in Buffalo to play the Bills when Luther accepts a dinner of Buffalo Wings from a bar/restaurant called "Buffalo Billy's." The entire team comes down with food poisoning and Coach Fox has to draft anyone he can find to fill the uniforms. Afterwards, Luther goes back to "Billy's" and asks the owner if it was intentional. The owner says no, but isn't too convincing about it.

* {{Crossover}}: In 1997, Creator/{{ABC}} forced a crossover stunt on this and the other Wednesday night sitcoms - ''TheDrewCareyShow'', ''{{Ellen}}'' and ''GraceUnderFire''. Titled "Viva Las Vegas," the idea was that characters from the four shows would be in Las Vegas for different reasons and encounter each other. Only a couple characters from each series did this, however, and they amounted to [[TheCameo cameos]] at best. This series' contribution was "Viva Las Ratings" - [[BitingTheHandHumor mocking the network's stunt]]. Notably, Craig T. Nelson didn't support doing this, so Hayden did no crossing over. Luther wound up doing so instead - running into Drew and getting into a memorabilia bidding war with Mimi.

* DidNotDoTheResearch: Several of the Minnesota town names mentioned in the series got horribly mangled in pronounciation, (but it's not like anyone who ''wasn't'' from Minnesota would notice.)

* {{Crossover}}: In 1997, ABC forced a crossover stunt on this and the other Wednesday night sitcoms - ''TheDrewCareyShow'', ''{{Ellen}}'' and ''GraceUnderFire''. Titled "Viva Las Vegas," the idea was that characters from the four shows would be in Las Vegas for different reasons and encounter each other. Only a couple characters from each series did this, however, and they amounted to [[TheCameo cameos]] at best. This series' contribution was "Viva Las Ratings" - [[BitingTheHandHumor mocking the network's stunt]]. Notably, Craig T. Nelson didn't support doing this, so Hayden did no crossing over. Luther wound up doing so instead - running into Drew and getting into a memorabilia bidding war with Mimi.

* TwinCities: While most of the cast lives near the fictional Minnesota State University, Christine lives in downtown Minneapolis.