NBA teams are forever chasing the perfect roster. No one's ever quite put one together, but maybe that's because general ...

Residents of Indiana should all know the popular 1986 sports movie “ Hoosiers.”Gene Hackman starred in this film as Norman Dale, a basketball coach who gets a chance to redeem his coaching career ...

Near the end of the film, Hackman, who plays high school basketball coach Norman Dale, leads his small-school Hickory team into Hinkle Fieldhouse, the site of the Indiana state championship game.

There were basketball movies before Hoosiers, but this is the granddaddy of every basketball movie that came after it. The late Gene Hackman headlined this mostly true story about Coach Norman ...

One of the late Gene Hackman’s most beloved performances was as Coach Norman Dale in the classic basketball film “Hoosiers.” Loosely based on the story of the 1954 Indiana state champions, Milan High ...

Jack Nicholson wanted to play coach Norman Dale in 'Hoosiers' ... the tale of a David and Goliath high school basketball matchup based on the 1954 Milan Indians state championship team, ...

Instead, Gene Hackman landed the part of Dale, a coach trying to make the most of a second chance in life leading the 1952 Hickory Huskers. It seemed perfectly cast for Hackman, who was then a 55 ...

The passing of actor Gene Hackman brought to mind his brilliant role as high school basketball coach Norman Dale in a 1,150-population Indiana farming town in the 1986 truth-inspired film ...

But it is as Norman Dale that sports fans will forever remember him most, the leader of the tiny band of Indiana dreamers who took a chance on their coach and took a chance on themselves ...

But coaches haven’t forgotten the portrayal of the old-school coach who led the mythical Gene Hackman as Norman Dale in 'Hoosiers' touched coaches Skip to main content Skip to main content ...

It was this: The beauty of his work in the 1986 film “Hoosiers,” in which he portrayed the coach of a high school basketball team in a tiny Indiana town, is something that first filled hearts ...

But his Coach Norman Dale portrayal will always be my favorite because it really hit “hometown” with me and all who grew up in much simpler times. In the season of 1965-66, after the Plymouth ...