Season 1

E1. (pilot)

Nov 27, 1978 · 60m

Ken Reeves, a forward with the Chicago Bulls, is forced to retire after suffering a serious knee injury. His old friend and high school teammate, Jim Willis, who is principal of Carver High near L.A., drops by to offer him a job as basketball coach. Reeves is reluctant, but agrees. Among the challenges he faces with the school and the team include a female vice principal who doesn't like him and a player, James Hayward, who has a lot of potential, but also is fatherless and may have to drop out of school to go to work and take care of his mom and little brother.

E2. Here's Mud in Your Eye

Dec 4, 1978 · 60m

Coach Reeves and the team discover liquor in Jackson's locker, and fear he may have a drinking problem.

E3. The Offer

Dec 11, 1978 · 60m

Reeves is tempted after a beautiful newswoman takes an interest in him and then her boss offers him a high-paying sports commentator job.

E4. Bonus Baby

Dec 25, 1978 · 60m

After winning the Most Valuable Player trophy, Coolidge is easily seduced by a young woman who says a sports agent is interested in promoting his career.

E5. Pregnant Pause

Jan 1, 1979 · 60m

College scouts are impressed with Reese and believe he has a good shot at a scholarship. However, Reese's plans are put on hold when his girlfriend, a Carver cheerleader, tells him she's pregnant. Coach Reeves and the team discover her attending cheerleader practices and believe she may be lying about the pregnancy to trap Reese into marrying her.

E6. Wanna Bet?

Jan 8, 1979 · 60m

Coach Reeves finds himself involved in burglary, bookies and murder after he helps an amazing young basketball player enroll at Carver High and join the team.

E7. That Old Gang of Mine

Jan 15, 1979 · 60m

after gomez gets knocked off the carver high basketball team he joins a street gang he onced belonged to

E8. Just One of the Boys

Jan 27, 1979 · 60m

Reeves deals with a new player, Raymond Collins, who was forced to transfer from his old school because of rumors about his being gay.

E9. Airball

Feb 3, 1979 · 60m

The team's excitement over being invited to compete in a basketball tournament is overshadowed when the plane they're on develops mechanical trouble.

E10. We're in the Money

Feb 10, 1979 · 60m

When the team goes to Las Vegas to play in a tournament, they secretly take a pool of money collected from the students so they can gamble and return home with a fortune.

E11. Spare the Rod

Feb 17, 1979 · 60m

Coach Reeves substitute-teaches a P.E. class, loses his temper, and hits a student, Lucius Robinson, who refuses to participate. Reeves feels guilty about the incident, learns of Lucius' troubles, and offers to help him in any way. Reeves then quickly learns that some students can't be helped when Lucius tries to rape Mrs. Buchanan.

E12. The Great White Dope

Feb 24, 1979 · 60m

Mac Wade, a tall, white, ""can't miss"" college basketball prospect, transfers to Carver for his senior year due to re-zoning, which excites Reeves. However, Reeves discovers that Mac can't read and has been allowed a free ride through school because of his basketball skills. The problem is further compounded when Mac, who has never had to take a test in school, is caught cheating on a test and has to be suspended.

E13. Mainstream

Mar 5, 1979 · 60m

A mainstreaming program is put in place at Carver, and as a result, Coach Reeves is forced to take in an autistic kid on the basketball team.

E14. Little Orphan Abner

Mar 26, 1979 · 60m

Goldstein's grandmother is hospitalized and his grandfather stays at the hospital with her, so Coach Reeves asks the team to check in on him at home every so often. The other guys aren't too keen on this because Goldstein really doesn't fit in with them, but they agree to check on him and, in the process, take advantage of him and his hospitality. Goldstein threatens to quit the team, and Coach Reeves gives him a lecture on standing up for himself.

E15. LeGrand Finale

Apr 9, 1979 · 60m

The team wants to form a singing group, but elect not to include Thorpe, who begins a dating interest with Karen LeGrand, a white girl with an unsavory reputation around school.