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Coach Bill Fuller
Nov 23, 2014
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The Contributors
We can say this about Hang Time, at least the Head Coach wasn’t presented as a moron, as usually adults were presented as inferior intellects on these teen sitcoms. We also liked that Coach Bill Fuller was played by former NBA star, Reggie Theus. Saying all that, this was about it as though this program lasted five years (Theus was only there for the forst three), it was a forgettable program overall with no real legacy. Incidentally, Theus left the show and was replaced by Dick Butkus, who we far preferred in Miller Lite commercials.
The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Hang Time (1995-98)
Actor:
Reggie Theus
Role Portrayed:
High School Basketball Coach
Why You Should Vote For Him:
Yeah, he was a little wooden, but he was presented as an admirable character.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Were any of the people who was watching this show, watching for Theus?
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Coach Ben Fredricks
Nov 23, 2014
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The Contributors
From the brilliant “one and done” series, Freaks and Geeks, we have stereotypical gym teacher, Coach Fredricks, who we see a little more of when he starts to date the mom of one of the geeks; his worst athletic student. Just being on this show is enough to secure a nomination, but lets add to it that this guy was also Biff Tannen!
The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000)
Actor:
Thomas F. Wilson
Role Portrayed:
High School Gym Teacher
Why You Should Vote For Him:
If you don’t, you better make like a tree and get out of here.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
It’s a gym teacher. Does it matter that this Biff Tannen?
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Cameron Tucker
Nov 23, 2014
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The Contributors
We never really thought about it but is Cameron Tucker’s ascension to High School Football Coach a pivotal movement for gay acceptance in sports? Ok, maybe we are going a little far here, but whatever the sexual orientation of Cameron, he is a great character in a great show, and he was a winning coach to boot!
The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Modern Family (2009-)
Actor:
Eric Stonestreet
Role Portrayed:
High School Football Coach
Why You Should Vote For Him:
Well, this is groundbreaking when you think about it.
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
Football in all honesty is barely relevant to the show, despite his occupation.
Vontae Mack
Nov 19, 2014
Published in
The Athletes
Although the player who was the focus of the NFL draft in the Kevin Costner film, Draft Day, was the University of Wisconsin Quarterback, it was a Linebacker from Ohio State who would go first overall and be the real (or so we are led to believe) prize in the draft.
Vontae Mack (Chadwick Boseman) lobbied hard to be a Cleveland Brown (really?) and through footage and persistence he convinces Crash Davis, Ray Kinsella, Billy Chapel, the Bodyguard guy Sonny Weaver Jr. (Kevin Costner) to do just that. Hey, this guy moonlit as Jackie Robinson so let’s agree that they saw a real athlete here!
The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Draft Day (2013)
Actor:
Chadwick Boseman
Position Played:
Linebacker
Played for:
Ohio State
Why You Should Vote For Him:
This was the guy who went number one in the draft!
Why You Should Not Vote For Him:
How the hell do we know what he did in the pros?
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