Coach

Coach is one of the four playable survivors in Left 4 Dead 2.

Official Description
You thought your gym teacher was tough? Try this ex-defensive lineman, whose athletic career was sidelined in college by a nasty knee injury. Ironically, he's now a health teacher pushing 40 years old, but he's gone to seed since his collegiate glory days. The zombie apocalypse makes him wish he'd watched his own fitness more closely. Faliszek says Coach has "a great hatred for a few of the zombies—the Witch in particular," but naturally, he wouldn't explain why.

Relationships with other Survivors
Like Bill, Coach stands out as the leader of the group. As of now it is a bit unclear what Coach's disposition towards the other survivors is.


 * Ellis: Coach and Ellis don't seem to have much of an evident relationship. They are genuinely friendly to each other, and don't openly make fun of each other very often.
 * Nick: Nick and Coach appear to have a "love-hate" relationship, similar to what Francis and Bill have. They often make fun of each other, but both seem unhappy to see the other die.
 * Rochelle: Rochelle appears to like Coach in a way that somewhat resembles Zoey's and Bill's relationship. They act friendly to each other, but not in a romantic way. They complement each other, and are quite unhappy to see the other die.

Quotes
"See: Coach/Quotes"

Trivia

 * Coach appears to have a slight west-Southeastern accent, occasionally dropping his R's and G's.
 * He may also be somewhat religious as he usually makes comments referring to the Bible and stating the last time he saw his grandmother, she asked if he was still a praying man.
 * Bill and Coach have many things in common. According to their back-stories, both Bill and Coach have knee injuries. They also are the oldest in their group, and have a dislike for climbing stairs. On top of that, they both have a different physical disadvantage. Bill's disadvantage is that he's older than anyone out of the two groups. On the other hand, Coach's disadvantage is that he is overweight, preventing him doing similar things to Bill. (Note how Bill is quite healthy for his age).
 * "Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death" is a quote from the Bible, Psalms 23:4.
 * In an issue of PC Gamer, the original concepts of the Coach can be seen, including a skinny coach, a white coach, and a coach in football shoulder pads used as armor. He also holds a bow and arrows (depicted in the gallery below).
 * Coach appears to hold a pistol with only one hand when his health is lower than 40 HP.
 * It seems from the new trailer he highly enjoys chocolate, as he is seen eating a bar of it and Nick teases him with the idea of a chocolate helicopter to lead him up stairs quickly.
 * In this same scene Coach asks "Who the hell puts an evac station, up thirty flights of goddamn stairs?". This is a possible reference to Mercy Hospital which had an evac station on the roof and had thirty floors as well.
 * Coach's shirt has the abbreviation "FHS," which implies that the school at which he coached has a name that starts with an 'F' (F... High School).
 * Some of Coach's audio files hint at the military killing uninfected civilians, which could possibly tie in with the graffiti about carriers in The Parish's first safe house.