I had a Coach Wolf in ninth grade. For the duration of six months, I convinced myself I was athletic and was going to run track. Training began in August. In Texas. At noon. On a black track. I distinctly remember looking off into the distance and seeing a mirage. The buildings would shimmer and shake in the heat. My face was beet red for two hours after practice. I quit after December. So I'm a quitter. I also wasn't comfortable showering in front of other girls.
Anyway. So Coach Wolf was this intimidating, 6'1'' lady with huge, strapping legs and a blonde wedge cut. She would casually drop the word "boyfriend" around us, but it didn't fool me. Where am I going with this? Well, the woman who played Coach Wolf on Strangers with Candy just published her memoir Dark at the Roots. She was one of my favorite SWC characters. Well, hell, they all are. But my favorite memory is of her kneeling over a high school girl in gym class yelling, "And thrust it...thrust it...thrust it...okay, I'm done."
To all the Coach Wolf's in the world...I salute you.
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A little known fact: She's married to Andy Richtor. I'm a huge SWC fan as well.
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