NBC Developing New 'Coach' Series With 'Modern Family' Star Ty Burrell
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Ty Burrell is developing a reboot of the 1990s sitcom "Coach," collaborating with writers and executive producers Matthew Libman and Daniel Libman.
- The new series centers on a legendary coach returning to Minnesota to rebuild his alma mater's basketball program and reconnect with the community, with Universal Television producing.
- Burrell is attached as an executive producer and may star in the reboot if it goes to series, though no final decision has been made.
- The original "Coach," which aired from 1989 to 1997 on ABC, starred Craig T. Nelson as college football coach Hayden Fox, and had a brief revival attempt in 2015 that did not proceed.
- Ty Burrell is best known for his Emmy-winning role on "Modern Family" and also runs the production company Dessert Whale.
