Hoosiers

1986 114 min Drama, Family

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.

IMDb 7.4 RT 90 Metacritic 77

budget $9,000,000 earnings $28,600,000 return 3.2x

director David Anspaugh

writer Angelo Pizzo

cast