Jimmy Dugan (Tom Hanks) - A League of Their Own
He may have personal problems, but the man knows baseball. Like, say, what shouldn't be in baseball (crying) and what should be (drinking and bus rides). Just don't ruin his booze-blurred vision of reality and tell him he's managing a team of women (he thinks he's managing the Marlins).



Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) - Remember the Titans
How tough a coach is Boone? He doesn't make his team just run laps, he makes them run laps over the spirits of the unburied Civil War dead. Yes, even the kicker. Boys, you missed your chance to play water polo. Suck it up.



Bobby Finstock (Jay Tarses) - Teen Wolf
Lazy? OK. Slovenly? We'll give you that. Dopey? Sure. But we defy to name another coach who could watch one of his players turn into a werewolf in the middle of a game and barely bat an eye. He defines "cool under pressure." Or "oblivious," if you want to be a dick.



Ken Carter (Samuel L. Jackson) - Coach Carter
How do we know Coach Carter is an amazing man? The movie is called Coach Carter. Look around—you see other coaches with their names in the title? This is distinguished company, folks. Make way for the man.



Patches O'Houlihan (Rip Torn) - Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
Some people think Patches's coaching techniques are a tad unorthodox, and we call these people "sane and well adjusted." But if you don't want to catch a wrench in the kisser, why the hell did you sign up to play Dodgeball, ya doofus?



Coach Harris (John Goodman) - Revenge of the Nerds
Of all the coaches on this list, only Harris is man enough to know that coaching doesn't end in the locker room or after the final buzzer. Oh, no. You can apply that same unthinking brutality to everyday activities like vandalizing homes and committing hate crimes.