Coach is an American television sitcom which aired in 1989 to 1997 nine seasons on ABC. The show stars Craig T. Nelson as Hayden Fox, head coach of this fictional Division I-A school football team the Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles. The app also starred Jerry Van Dyke as Luther Van Dam and Bill Fagerbakke as Michael"Dauber" Dybinski, assistant coaches beneath Fox. The function of the girlfriend Christine Armstrong of Hayden , also a television news anchor, was played with Shelley Fabares.