Coach: Season 6
Season 6 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Coach Season 5.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 6 Progress Shield
Baby on Board?
Sep 14, 1993 · 24 min
Hayden is rattled as he tries to nurse his new team to victory, even as Christine announces she wants to have a baby.
Belly of the Beast
Sep 21, 1993 · 24 min
Hayden stands up in court for Luther's defendant dog Quincy, who bit the MSU bandleader; Christine dozes during Hayden's advances.
Nice Job If You Can Get It
Sep 28, 1993 · 24 min
Hayden's overactive ego has him convinced that Christine's success is not her own doing.
The Luck Stops Here
Oct 5, 1993 · 24 min
Luther and Hayden have vastly different views on the reasons for the team's success.
If She Can Make It There...
Oct 12, 1993 · 24 min
Kelly's desire to work in New York upsets Hayden.
Piece O' Cake
Nov 2, 1993 · 24 min
Luther, feeling a bit lonely, befriends a boy (Smollett) in need of a father
Running on Empty
Nov 9, 1993 · 24 min
Christine gingerly suggests that she and Hayden visit a fertility clinic.
It Came from New York
Nov 16, 1993 · 24 min
Kelly, having taken a bite out of the Big Apple, comes home for Thanksgiving a changed woman -- one that Hayden doesn't particularly like.
The Playbook
Nov 30, 1993 · 24 min
The playbook falls into enemy hands on the eve of Hayden's biggest game.
The Pioneer Bowl
Dec 7, 1993 · 24 min
On the day of the Pioneer Bowl, an accident puts Luther in the hospital with a concussion -- but the team wins the National Championship anyway.
Christmas of the Van Damned
Dec 14, 1993 · 24 min
Luther makes a nuisance of himself after tracing his family tree and learning of a large group of Van Dams living in the area.
The Babywreckers
Jan 4, 1994 · 24 min
Hayden is rattled when he and Christine agree to watch an infant for the weekend.
Coach for a Day (1)
Jan 11, 1994 · 24 min
Luther is offered the job of head football coach at nearby small Aberdeen college.
Coach for a Day (2)
Jan 18, 1994 · 24 min
Luther is embarrassed to confess his new job: managing a miniature golf course.
My Cup Runneth Over
Feb 8, 1994 · 24 min
Hayden begins wearing a special device to increase his sperm count. As a Valentine's gift he goes on Christine's TV show, where his special device leaks on camera.
Like Father, Like Daughter
Feb 15, 1994 · 24 min
Kelly can't attend when Hayden goes to New York to receive the Coach of the Year award.
The Devil in Mrs. Burleigh
Feb 22, 1994 · 24 min
While Howard and Hayden are away at a conference, Shirley confides in Christine that she's become attracted to another man.
Blue Chip Blues
Mar 1, 1994 · 24 min
The Screaming Eagles try to recruit the nations top QB. The players father roomed with Haden in college. After a one on one conversation with the blue chips QB, the player admits h
The Stand-In
Mar 8, 1994 · 24 min
Fed up with trying to increase his fertility, Hayden looks into getting a sperm donor -- quarterback Troy Aikman.
Something Old, Something New
Mar 22, 1994 · 24 min
An old girlfriend's visit rekindles Dauber's feelings and jeopardizes his relationship with Judy.
One of the Guys
Apr 5, 1994 · 24 min
Christine goes fishing with the guys and catches the biggest fish.
My Best Friend's Girl
May 3, 1994 · 24 min
Hayden and Christine have lukewarm reactions to Luther's outrageously uninhibited date.
Goodbye, Mr. Putts
May 10, 1994 · 24 min
In this episode Judy and three of the other woman's coaches challenge Hayden, Dauber, Howard and Luther to a game of golf with the winner getting the best athletic parking spots. T
Head Like a Wheel
May 17, 1994 · 24 min
On his 49th birthday, Hayden wants to drive a race car.
Retrospective (1)
May 24, 1994 · 24 min
This is an unusual greatest moments episode. The format is an interview with Hayden about his life and work at Minnesota State. In the first of this two part series Mary Hart inter
Retrospective (2)
May 24, 1994 · 24 min
In this second of the two-part interview with Mary Hart, the show explores Hayden's relationships with the other significant people in his life (i.e. Luther, Dauber, Howard, and hi