Failed college coach Norman Dale gets a chance at redemption when he is hired to coach a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town. After a teacher persuades star player Jimmy Chitwood to quit and focus on his long-neglected studies, Dale struggles to develop a winning team in the face of community criticism for his temper and his unconventional choice of assistant coach: Shooter, a notorious alcoholic.
Gene Hackman
Barbara Hershey
Dennis Hopper
Sheb Wooley
Fern Persons
Chelcie Ross
Robert Swan
Michael O'Guinne
Wil Dewitt
John Robert Thompson
Michael Sassone
Gloria Dorson
Mike Dalzell
Skip Welker
Eric Gilliom
Maris Valainis
David Neidorf