• NBC eyes Coach reboot with Modern Family star Ty Burrell

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    I'm in, I was always a big fan of Coach and have the first few seasons
    on DVD.

    NBC eyes 'Coach' reboot with 'Modern Family' star Ty Burrell
    Second attempt at popular sitcom's revival after 2015 effort halted with
    one episode recorded
    By Spiro Papuckoski
    Toronto Sun
    Published Oct 21, 2026

    Popular 1990s TV sitcom Coach could be making a comeback.

    Deadline reported Wednesday that NBC wants to reboot the show created by
    Barry Kemp that starred Craig T. Nelson following its successful
    nine-season run on ABC.

    The original show, which ran from 1989 to 1997, saw Nelson portray
    Hayden Fox, the head coach of the fictional college football team
    Minnesota State University Screaming Eagles, who later coached the fake
    NFL expansion club Orlando Breakers.

    Ty Burrell, who played goofy real estate agent and self-described "cool
    dad" Phil Dunphy on ABC sitcom Modern Family, is set to executive
    produce the reboot with the intention of starring as the title character
    if the series officially goes forward.

    Would feature basketball program rebuild

    According to the report, the legendary coach returns home to Minnesota
    to rebuild the basketball program at his alma mater as well as reconnect
    with the community.

    The potential reboot will see brothers Daniel and Matthew Libman write
    the episodes and executive produce the show with Burrell and John Davis
    and John Fox of Davis Entertainment.

    The revamped Coach could mark the first on-screen role for Burrell since
    the end of Modern Family, which ran from 2009 to 2020.

    A 13-episode reboot of Coach was planned for 2015, with Nelson reprising
    his role and Bill Fagerbakke, who played the dim-witted assistant
    football coach Michael "Dauber" Dybinski in the original run.

    The premise of the last revival was Fox had came out of retirement to
    become an assistant coach to his son Tim -- played by Andrew Ridings --
    at an Ivy League school in Pennsylvania. One episode was filmed before
    NBC decided not to move forward with the project.

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