Bill Fagerbakke To Return as Dauber Dybinski
by Nellie Andreeva
June 17, 2015


Coach Hayden Fox will have one of his right-hand men by his side when he returns to television. "Coach" co-star Bill Fagerbakke is set to join Craig T. Nelson as a regular on NBC’s upcoming 13-episode sequel to the 1990s sitcom.

Fagerbakke will reprise his role as Fox’s former assistant coach, special teams coach Michael “Dauber” Dybinski.





Written by the original series creator Barry Kemp, the new "Coach" is set in present day, picking up 18 years after the ABC sitcom went off the air after nine seasons. Coach Hayden Fox (Nelson) — now retired from coaching — is called back to become assistant coach to his own grown son, who is the new head coach at an Ivy league school in Pennsylvania that is just starting up a new team.

Kemp and Nelson are executive producing the comedy, which, like the original, will be multi-camera.





Of the other original "Coach" players, I hear Jerry Van Dyke, who played Fox’s other assistant coach, defensive coordinator Luther Van Dam, may do guest appearances.

Shelley Fabares, who played Fox’s wife Christine, may not be able to be part of the new show because of health issues.

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Well at least we are getting some if not all the cast members. Better than nothing.

Excellent! As the situation stands right now I'm very happy with this setup! It will be good to see Dauber again. I sure hope they can for sure get Jerry to do guest appearances! I was initially worried and bummed out at the first details of the revival but I'm much more hopeful fir it now and excited for it again. As soon as Season Pass is available for it on iTunes I'm definitely getting it. Hope it does well enough during these 13 episodes to get a full season order after that :D

Such great news...! I'll be keeping my fingers crossed, in hopes that others like Pam Stone (Judy Watkins) and Claire Carey (Kelly Fox) will also come on board!!!