Season 1    Episode 1
November 27, 1978    60m    TV-14
Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A., drops by to offer him a job as basketball coach. Reeves is reluctant, but agrees. Among the challenges he faces with the school and the team include a female vice principal who doesn't like him and a player, James Hayward, who has a lot of potential, but also is fatherless and may have to drop out of school to go to work and take care of his mom and little brother.
Directed By
Jackie Cooper
Written By
Bruce Paltrow

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Cast of (pilot)
  • Ken HowardKen Reeves
  • Kevin HooksMorris Thorpe
  • Byron StewartWarren Coolidge
  • Tim Van PattenMario 'Salami' Pettrino
  • Stoney JacksonJesse B. Mitchell
  • Ed BernardJim Willis
  • Erik KilpatrickCurtis Jackson
  • Nathan CookMilton Reese
  • Ira AngustainRicky Gomez
  • Ken MichelmanAbner Goldstein
  • Joan PringleSybil Buchanan
  • Jason BernardJim Willis
  • Wolfe PerryTeddy Rutherford
  • Bethel LeslieMrs. Lawrence

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