How to Use coach in a Sentence

coach

1 of 2 noun
  • In those days, people usually traveled long distances in coaches.
  • This time the coach doesn’t talk.
    Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 19 Mar. 2026
  • That's what my job is as a coach.
    Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Owen, in fact, is the coach’s niece.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026
  • And there was luck in that, the coach says.
    Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2026
  • Most coaches let these slide by.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The head coach might be replaced.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Chiefs head coach Andy Reid said.
    Jeff Fedotin, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The college coach had an easy pro win.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 15 May 2026
  • At times, the Heat coach craves the two-big look.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Meloni plays the team’s head coach.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2025
  • That’s the life of a big-league hitting coach.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • Was a track coach at a local charter school.
    Kansas City Star, 26 Mar. 2026
  • That’s not a knock on my coaches or myself.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Mar. 2026
  • So got a chance to interview with coach.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • So my choice was to use my coach’s underwear or none.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 26 June 2026
  • Witt has known the coach since his adolescent years.
    Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 13 June 2026
  • His mom placed an ad on Craigslist to find Kippes’ first coach.
    Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Snoop turned to the other coaches and laughed.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • A lot going on, new coach, new system.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Sep. 2025
  • That wasn’t good logic in the eyes of the future coach.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Great coaches ask questions that change lives.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • But for a great football coach not to get in first ballot, that was wrong.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Head coach Jesse Minter was also at the event.
    Adam Thompson, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Malden Catholic has hired Arthur Staffiere as its next coach.
    Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 9 May 2026
  • Coaching always starts with the coach.
    Matthew C. Meade, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Manchester’s head coach at that time.
    Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Hall’s also coach of the golf team, which Bianchi tried out for and made.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 8 May 2026
  • So did Naperville North coach Gene Nolan.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • Chiefs coach Andy Reid has been asked about the nuptials.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 22 May 2026

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.
  • Those guys are very easy to coach.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • And our job is to coach the game.
    Chris Biderman, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Can the Sabres coach their way out of this?
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Romine then coached his younger son Robert’s team.
    Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Vrabel’s job is to coach and win games.
    Bobby Burack Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Just don’t ask him to coach in college again.
    Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2026
  • Fitzgerald said this team has been a joy to coach.
    Gary Bedore may 7, Kansas City Star, 7 May 2026
  • That was the last time getting coached by (dad).
    Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The team will be coached by T’yon Meeks.
    Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2026
  • This is what Hardy came to coach the Jazz for.
    Tony Jones, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • And Dame would be coaching him.
    Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
  • That false alarm didn’t stop Raney from coaching.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas Morning News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Viti is in his first year coaching tight ends.
    Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • She, too, has been coached by Tutberidze for years.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 6 Feb. 2026
  • A lot of that is coaching, and some of that is injuries.
    Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Wanting to be taught, wanting to be coached.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2026
  • Stidham reached out to coach Hulme and asked to run his scout team.
    Chierstin Roth, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The runner can coach clients and still take slow, untracked miles alone.
    Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • She is now being coached by William Woodall.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Moe coached the Nuggets from 1980-91.
    Eric Christensen, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The teams are coached by former colleagues at Barcelona.
    ABC News, 23 May 2026
  • Dooley has said he was consumed by coaching at the time.
    Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • There were initial doubts whether Mowry would coach this season.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2023
  • Crossville hired Chris Williams in the off-season to coach the team.
    Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 12 July 2023

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