Whatever Happened To The Cast Of “Coach?” (2025)

Coachaired on ABC from 1989 to 1997 and is one of the most popular TV shows of the early ’90s. Airing a total of 200 episodes,Coachwas created by Barry Kemp, who previously worked onNewhart andTaxi. Kemp also produced movies such asRomy and Michele’s High School Reunion, Patch Adams,and Catch Me If You Can. Coach boasted an A-list team of cast members, some of whom have become big stars in Hollywood later in their careers. The show also spawned an attempted sequel, with most of the original show’s stars set to reprise their characters; however, plans for the sequel did not push through. If you want to know what the original cast of Coach has been up to, read ahead. Here is an update on the cast members of the hit ABC TV seriesCoach.

Craig T. Nelson

Craig T. Nelson starred inCoach as Hayden Fox, the head coach of the fictional NCAA Division I-A Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles football team. The veteran actor gained fame for his role in the show, which he appeared for nine seasons. Nelson has since starred in TV shows likeThe District and Parenthood. Currently, he has a recurring role in the hitBig Bang Theoryprequel Young Sheldon. On the big screen, Nelson has worked on films likeThe Proposal, The Company Men, Get Hard,andGold. He is also well-known for voicing Mr. Incredible inThe Incredibles and its sequel, Incredibles 2. In an interview withParade, Nelson talked about plans to create a sequel toCoach, saying that, since the planned sequel wasn’t so successful, he believes he is finally done playing Hayden Fox: “Well we tried, and it wasn’t very good. I had actually looked forward to it. I thought we could do something a lot different and still retain some of the same elements but it just didn’t work out. Looking at it now, I’m glad it didn’t.”

Shelley Fabares

Shelley Fabares portrayed Christine Armstrong in the series. For her role inCoach, she earned two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. AfterCoach, Fabares began providing the voice of Martha Kent onSuperman: The Animated Series, a role she would later reprise in 2003’sJustice League and 2006’sSuperman: Brainiac Attacks. Fabares hasn’t appeared in anything after 2006, on account of her medical concerns, but she had been involved with the production of the Screen Actors Guild Awards until 2011. She was not unable to join talks for the sequel ofCoach because of the medical issues she was going through.

Jerry Van Dyke

Jerry Van Dyke played Luther Van Dam in the hit ABC seriesCoach. A younger brother of Dick Van Dyke, Jerry Van Dyke had a lengthy career as a character actor in supporting and guest roles. AfterCoach he appeared in shows like Teen Angel, Yes, Dear, The District, Committed, The Middle,andThe Millers, his last TV appearance. In 2018, he died from heart failure in Hot Spring County, Arkansas.

Bill Fagerbakke

Bill Fagerbakke played Michael “Dauber” Dybinski in the hit ABC seriesCoach. Aside from appearing on-screen, Fagerbakke is most popularly known for his voice work for various popular animated shows. He voices Patrick Star in the hit Nickelodeon showSpongeBob SquarePants.He has been voicing the popular starfish since 1999. He also appeared inHow I Met Your Mother as Marvin, Marshall Eriksen’s father. In an interview withDen of Geek, he was asked how the transition from being inCoach to voicing PatrickinSpongeBob SquarePants was, and whether his role of Dauber influence his portrayal of Patrick. He answered: “To be honest, the first couple of years ofSpongeBob I did call Patrick “AquaDauber.” [laughter] The business I’ve found myself in for my adult life, it requires a certain amount of stereotyping. It’s just the nature of the beast. You have a limited amount of time to tell a story; in particular on camera. So you want the visual information there to provide a certain amount of background. People that look a certain way are cast in certain roles. “You look like a cop, so we’ll cast you as a cop,” blah blah blah that sort of thing. So I was typecast coming out of the womb by the way I look. When you’re an actor and you’re 6’6” and you look like a goofball, you’re going to play big goofballs. So it’s kind of my milieu, my specialty I guess, and so even by the time I had doneCoach [in 88], I had already played a quirky goofy character or two. I had a comfort level with that, and I suppose it probably on some level is a reflection of my own natural demeanor. By the time my business led me to voice overs in the early ‘90s, I realized oh, I also sound like a big goofball, because that’s mostly the kind of animated characters I portrayed too.”

Clare Carey

Clare Carey portrayed Kelly Fox inCoach. After the hit series, Carey starred inSo Little Time,Jericho,andCrash.She’s also guested on shows likeMajor Crimes, The Mentalist, Perception, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,andNCIS: New Orleans.On the big screen, she worked on movies like La Cucina, The Trial, True Love,andSavannah Sunrise.

Kris Kamm

Kris Kamm portrayed Stuart Rosebrock in the hit sitcomCoach. AfterCoach, he appeared on projects likeBeyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Winchell, Cover Me,andWorld on Fire, which he also co-produced.

Kenneth Kimmins

Veteran actor Kenneth Kimmins portrayed Howard Burleigh in the ABC seriesCoach. He joined the TV seriesLois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. His last theater credit was fromThe Music Man,a Broadway production in 2000.

Georgia Engel

Georgia Engel played Shirley Burleigh inCoach. A five-time Primetime Emmy nominee, afterCoach, she worked inEverybody Loves Raymond, Passions, and more recently,Hot in Cleveland. Her last TV appearance was as Sister Barbara inOne Day at a Time in 2018. A year later, she passed away at the age of 70.

Katherine Helmond

Katherine Helmond played Doris Sherman inCoach. Like Engel, she also appeared inEverybody Loves RaymondafterCoach. She also guested on shows likeThe Glades, Melissa & Joey, True Blood, Harry’s Law, andCars Toons: Mater’s Tall Tales. She died in 2019 at the age of 89.

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