How to Use coach in a Sentence

coach

1 of 2 noun
  • In those days, people usually traveled long distances in coaches.
  • Hammon would be the first coach, and the Aces the first team, to win back-to-back in 21 years.
    Shepard Price, San Antonio Express-News, 16 May 2023
  • The coach, Joe Kennedy, resigned from his job this month.
    Beth Reinhard, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • The top 8 artists will face off live for the first time in front of coaches for their chance at a spot in the finale.
    Breanna Bell, Variety, 15 May 2023
  • Salsbury has been the head baseball coach at Shiloh since 2019.
    Ron Wood, arkansasonline.com, 21 Dec. 2023
  • On a Saturday, Shildt was a bench coach in the shadows.
    Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The team has a lot of work to do before then, starting with settling on a head coach.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Years later, Tashi is married to Art and works as his coach.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 20 June 2023
  • The law will benefit more than just the coaches who will be trained, Triplet said.
    Brendan Connelly, The Enquirer, 12 July 2023
  • His fellow coach, Chance the Rapper, also took the stage during the episode.
    Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2023
  • Joe says he was told that Peck was a skilled coach who could help his son to book more acting gigs.
    Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Tomlin is in the same class as Harbaugh when speaking about the top five coaches in the NFL.
    Mike Preston, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
  • The Voice coach has maintained a strong Christian faith since childhood.
    Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Dec. 2023
  • His spark came at a time when Catonsville coach Jason Harris felt the Comets needed it.
    Craig J. Clary, Baltimore Sun, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Players and coaches who had stood by him began to turn against him.
    Matt Schudel, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • He’s been like an extra coach on the field at times, wide receiver Austin Bolt said.
    Ron Counts, Idaho Statesman, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Deion debuted as the team's head coach on Sept. 2, which also marked Shilo's start on the team.
    Nikki Dobrin, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Her second jump of 20-1.5 was met with an eye roll and a look of confusion to her coaches.
    Nikstreng, oregonlive, 28 May 2023
  • This year’s team has 10 freshmen and is picked last in the preseason WCC coaches poll.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Anderson’s coaches looked like geniuses for putting their faith in him and the line down the stretch.
    Timothy Dashiell, Baltimore Sun, 12 Sep. 2023
  • And as has become common this year, head coach Jim Harbaugh won’t be there.
    Laine Higgins, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
  • His plan was to study sports management and start a career as a football coach.
    Harry Bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Head coach Dan Campbell said the plan is to play everyone available in the final matchup.
    Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The championship is also a state-record ninth for coach Tim Bordenet.
    Lewis Bagley, The Indianapolis Star, 18 June 2023
  • The humorous Fred Pitts as the acerbic and honest coach delights.
    David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Head coach Kyle Shanahan said the plan is for Darnold to start and play a majority of the first half before Lance takes over.
    Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 20 Aug. 2023
  • Isaacs became head coach at Foothill in 1994, succeeding Hansen, who stepped down that year.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Messi is joining a team that sits last in the Eastern Conference and just fired its coach.
    Tim Reynolds, Fortune, 8 June 2023
  • Of the five finalists, Parker was the lone defensive coach.
    Mike Harley, arkansasonline.com, 6 Dec. 2023
  • The legendary coach of 29 seasons died in November at age 83.
    Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Jan. 2024
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coach

2 of 2 verb
  • He has coached the team for several years.
  • He has coached at the college level for many years.
  • He coaches the tennis star.
  • It was clear that the witness had been coached by her lawyer on how to answer the questions.
  • The lawyer admitted to coaching the witness.
  • She coached the U.S. gymnastics team at the Olympics.
  • And coaching third base when the Ducks lost 12-1 to Arizona in the first game.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 9 June 2023
  • Crossville hired Chris Williams in the off-season to coach the team.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 12 July 2023
  • Knight coached the Army team for six seasons and won 102 games.
    Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But what stands out most to coach Dan Wildfong is his goalie’s 9-4-2 record.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Sampson, 33, has been coaching at Austin Peay the past two years.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Dec. 2023
  • The Bucs were coached by Jon Gruden, who had been Raiders boss the previous season.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 20 Oct. 2023
  • McNeese State gave Wade the chance to return to coaching this season.
    Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 6 Apr. 2024
  • Then there’s the fact that Liko is a teenager who’s coached by her dad and spends nearly all her time with her parents.
    Natalie Krebs, Outdoor Life, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Tim Becker has coached high school baseball for 30 years.
    Ben Thomas | Bthomas@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2023
  • There were initial doubts whether Mowry would coach this season.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • But Kemp Wells, who coached the varsity soccer team, said Mizuhara was the third-string goalie.
    Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2024
  • And the boundary issues of everyone coaching you on how to feel now.
    Carolyn Hax, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
  • As long as Jim Harbaugh was strolling the sidelines for the maize and blue, Poggi wasn't going to get a head coaching job.
    Kevin Skiver, Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2023
  • The first is a wise former NFL head coach who has been coaching football for almost 40 years.
    Stephen Means, cleveland, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Gregg Berhalter coached his last game for the national team at the World Cup in December.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2023
  • Jim Harbaugh will coach not to lose and clam up just enough to let Ohio State’s amazing skill talent pull the upset late.
    J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Pitcher didn’t just coach the football and wrestling teams at Southport.
    Gregg Doyel indianapolis Star, The Indianapolis Star, 15 June 2023
  • The 36-year-old also shared a behind-the-scenes clip of her sister Tammy Slaton coaching her through the dance moves.
    Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Stotts coached the Blazers for nine seasons, reaching the playoffs eight times.
    Afentres, oregonlive, 4 June 2023
  • But the nine-year head coach is just excited to be coaching her team for another week.
    Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 24 Feb. 2024
  • And now arguably as good at the craft of coaching as anybody, woman or man, college or pro, any sport.
    Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Kenny Brooks Another place for the Sky to seek coaching talent is the college ranks.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Paul coached football and basketball, took the kids to museums and dreamed with them about space travel.
    Petula Dvorak, Washington Post, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Shohei got his skills from his father, who coached him and also played baseball himself.
    Rebecca Aizin, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023

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