overcoach

verb

over·​coach ˌō-vər-ˈkōch 

overcoached; overcoaching

transitive + intransitive

: to coach (someone) to an excessive degree

The local coaches there, they send me the game film, and I'll tell him what's right and what's wrong without trying to overcoach him …

—Fred Taylor

After several of the losses, he took the blame. He said he was overcoaching. He said his team was giving a good effort.

—Jeffrey Klein

… the best little boy performance I've ever seen in an American film. He doesn't come across as an overcoached professional kid …

—Roger Ebert

Examples of overcoach in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Don’t overthink it or overcoach it. —Chris Fedor, cleveland, 21 Jan. 2021

There is no need to overcoach it, no need to overthink it, just get the ball in space and go. —Lance Reisland, cleveland, 14 Jan. 2023

Word History

First Known Use

1901, in the meaning defined above