Earlier this week New Girl fans saw the return of coach in what was slated to be a four episode arc. Late last night it was announced that Daman Wayans Jr. will be sticking around for the whole season!
Wayans Jr. was originally supposed to be part of the four roommates in the loft and played Coach in the series pilot episode. At the time he was a series regular on Happy Endings which ended up getting a surprise pick up. So Coach’s character moved out of the loft and Winston moved in. However, it wasn’t meant to last and Happy Endings was cancelled last season.
This opened up a great opportunity for Coach to make a return to New Girl and Liz Meriwether jumped at the opportunity. Although he was originally only supposed to stay for four episodes it looks like people are really enjoying Coach’s return as he’ll now be on for at-least the full season.
According to TV Line Wayans Jr. will continue to be billed as a “special guest star” on New Girl.
Of course the next question is, could Coach become a regular on the show? We only have one episode to judge so far but the new group of friends seems to be working.
Are you glad to hear Coach will be sticking around on ‘New Girl’?
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