coached

verb

past tense of coach
as in guided
to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed carefully coached her through the home-buying process

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Recent Examples of coached His father coached women’s tennis for Georgia for nearly four decades. — Fisher Isbell, AJC.com, 4 Aug. 2026 In the wake of Vermeil’s first retirement from the game, Stiles coached on two Super Bowl winners as part of Bill Walsh’s San Francisco 49ers staff — a development that later added all the more to his credibility with Vermeil. — Kansas City Star, 4 Aug. 2026 Allen has coached in the NFL since 2002, including two stints as a head coach. — Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026 The same day, the parent of a girl Duffey coached on a youth basketball team accused him of having molested her child in a protection order of her own. — Meriam Bouarrouj, NBC news, 4 Aug. 2026 Or he was coached hard and pushed hard by the team’s captain and coach. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026 Griffin is a passionate soccer fan who played the sport as a child, competed on a state runner-up high school team and later played and coached as an adult, according to Citadel. — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 3 Aug. 2026 Tashi is a former tennis prodigy who coached her on-screen husband Art in the sport. — Audrey Schmidt, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026 It should also be noted that Hong previously coached the national team for the 2014 World Cup, which also resulted in South Korea’s elimination in the group stage and his subsequent resignation. — Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for coached
  1. guided
  2. tutored
  3. taught
  4. accompanied
  5. mentored
  6. showed
Verb
  • And Loftin’s clutch gene has guided the Royals to key victories.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • There’s much less ambiguity in Houston, where returnee Conner Weigman — who guided the Cougars to 10 wins in 2025 — is solidified as the starter.
    — Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 30 July 2026
Definition of guided
Verb
  • Washington’s young starters were tutored by Griffin, a crafty All-Star.
    — Spencer Nusbaum, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That’s expected to be the philosophy of O’Leary, who tutored his Western Michigan players by showing them tapes of the Chargers.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026
Definition of tutored
Verb
  • The class begins with incarcerated people being taught general knowledge of the industry.
    — Sydney Sasser, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Tyx has lived in the Kansas City area for four years and previously taught middle school Spanish.
    — Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 5 Aug. 2025
Definition of taught
Verb
  • Grayson was accompanied by another deputy who had his body camera switched on throughout the encounter.
    — Jerry Nowicki, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • Kruse was in the arena and accompanied the girls, who were there to watch Cunningham and the Indiana Fever take on the Storm.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 30 July 2026
Definition of accompanied
Verb
  • Another is fellow edge rusher and future Hall of Famer Khalil Mack, who has mentored Tuipulotu.
    — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2026
  • Boyer has mentored hundreds of Native American children nationwide, teaching them to build SkoBots of their own.
    — Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 July 2026
Definition of mentored
Verb
  • Google researcher Craig Gidney showed in May 2025 that breaking RSA-2048 might take fewer than a million qubits, a twentyfold cut from his own 2019 figure.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Videos on Iranian social media showed many women at the cafes flouting mandatory veiling laws, and crowds mixing freely.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of showed

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