From Coach Carter to Chak De India: The most popular coach movies of all times

Best known for her role in Parks and Recreation and her Golden Globe hosting stint with Tina Fey, actressAmy Poehler is all set to don the cap of a basketball coach in her next film. The yet untitled film is a sports-comedy with Amy as a once-bright coach who is signed on to prep a NBA team, making her the first female coach on the block. Interestingly, Whoopi Goldberg had taken on similar responsibilities in the 1996 film Eddie. Here's a look at some more films based on strong coaches.

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COACH CARTER
No list of films based on coaches can be complete without mentioning Coach Carter. Samuel Jackson features in this film based on the true story of basketball coach Ken Carter. Carter's preparation, strictness and interactions with the boys made him the perfect coach. Many lines from this movie are still looked upon as inspirational quotes by fans.

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WE ARE MARSHALL
After a plane crash leaves all onboard, including a college football team, dead, the task of rebuilding the team is handed to Jack Lengyel. Matthew McConaughey plays the coach in this film that had him starting from a scratch with an inexperienced team, that loses its first game but goes on to win the season's first home-game.

GRIDIRON GANG Dwayne Johnson
The film has Dwayne Johnson playing Sean Porter, a child detention centre employee, who takes it upon himself to give the teenage inmates something worthwhile to look up to. In his endeavour, Porter creates a football team and trains them his way. The film is loosely based on the 1990 journey of the Kilpatrick Mustangs.

REMEMBER THE TITANS Denzel Washington
Based on the real life football coach Herman Boone, the film is about how Boone was responsible for guiding a racially integrated high-school team to victory. The film shows how Boone overcame the racial barrier and brought together a team through practice, athletic training and motivational speeches. Boone's role was played by Denzel Washington.

GLORY ROAD Josh Lucas
Don Haskins, the newly appointed coach of a college basketball team, works on limited resources to assemble a team that boasts of raw talent. Through dedicated training, he turns the team into a skilful one. Glory Road is based on the real story of Haskins who coached a team that had an all-black starting line-up.

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EDDIE WHOPPI Goldberg
Perhaps the only other film with a female basketball coach, Eddie revolved around a limousine driver named Edwina Franklin who wins a contest to coach the New York Knicks during the second half of a NBA game. Owing to her popularity, she is appointed the head coach of the team.

HOOSIERS Gene Hackman
After losing his last coaching job, the position of head basketball coach at a school is somewhat of a last chance for Norman Dale to prove his worth. With a passion for the game, the coach prepares his team so well that they lift the state championship. Dale is not very popular among the locals though, many of whom want him to resign.

BLUE CHIPS Nick Nolte
Desperate to find talented players for his team, coach Pete Bell gives a go ahead to the greedy Happy, to indulge in forbidden practices in order to get star players in the team.The film features real-life basketball players Shaquille O'Neal and Anfernee Hardaway as Neon Boudeaux and Butch McRae respectively. It also has cameos from prominent figures.

CHAK DE! INDIA Shah Rukh Khan
Known as one of SRK's best films, it focuses on the Indian Womens Hockey team coached by Kabir Khan, a former star hockey player.Dealing with a disintegrated team and negligent authorities, Kabir overcomes the problems and guides and unites the team for a thumping victory.


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