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But then those associated with ''Coach" know a winner When they see one. The popular series, starr- ing Craig T. Nelson as a col- lege football - coach thrown for a loss when having to deal with life ,beyond the goalposts, is a coming-of-age comedy, br'inging chauvinistic Coach ; Hayden Fox into the 20th century. It's a long haul. Mit then half the fun is in watching him trip along the way. "Hayden is getting mar-. ried this year. It's not going to be easy for him," kibitzes Judd Pillot, co- executive producer of "Coach." There was a time when Coach Fox was married only to his job, but then he met, fell in love with and courted broadcaster Christine Arm- strong strong (Shelley Fabares). After a testy and chaotic courtship, will the coach fumble the ball walking _ down the aisle? He may be a klutz when it comes to tact, but Fox is not about to chicken out, says Mr. Pillot. • Indeed, the appeal of the character is in his strength and conviction —even if he's headed south when everyone else is running north. "Coach is a winner," says Mr. Pillot. "Hayden is like a lot of men involved in rela- tionships with 'women — even evolved men — who think they're doing the right thing and then something goes wrong." Certainly, Judd Pillot, born and raised in North Jersey, considers himself a good sport, but he sometimes wonders if the rules change in the middle of the game. "I grew up in a liberal Jewish household with three sisters," he says of his early sensitivity training, "and I I United Way 1 The Producer Of 'Coach' Knows A Real Winner ERPLIOJEEEENIMERIIII Michael Elkin is the entertainment editor of the Jewish Exponent in Philadelphia. Judd Pillot and Shelly Fabares on the set of 'Coach'. have an evolved wife. But He got his wish in there are times when I find Hollywood, where his credits myself scratching my head." include "Family Ties" and If he is occasionally con- "Anything But Love." It was fused, over the battle bet- love of TV that helped land ween the sexes, Mr. Pillot Pillot in the position he is in certainty came armed to today. triumph in Hollywood, "As a kid, I used to pretend where he now lives with his I was sick so I could stay wife and two youngsters. home from school and watch The 34-year-old Boston `Crusader Rabbit,' " he University grad met recalls. "I loved 'Leave It to creative partner John Beaver' — I mean, they were Peaslee at Newsweek my brothers." Broadcasting in New York Years later, when Tony in 1979; the two moved out Dow, who played the Beav's to Hollywood six years ago. older brother in the late '50s They are celebrating their TV phenomenon, signed on bar mitzvah year together as to direct some "Coach" a team with two Emmy episodes,. it was like a family Award nominations earned reunion. by actors Nelson and co-star "I went up to him and yell- Jerry Van Dyke, as well as a ed, 'Oh, my brother!' " commitment from ABC for recalls Mr. Pillot. them to create another Judd Pilot embraced those series for the 1993-94 sea- early TV- hits, especially the son. _ warm family humor of "The In the meantime, the two Dick Van Dyke Show." "I are committed to helping wanted to live with them," "Coach" bowl over the com- he says of Rob and Laura. . petition. But Mr. Pillot had his own "I like a guy who's struggl- family in Haworth, N.J. "I ing. There's comedy in came from a very expressive struggle," says Judd Pillot of household," he says of the series football hero who mother Alma, who wrote is no match for the many shows for her enlightened heroine as he Hadassah group, and dad attempts to come out of the Leo, a, press agent/public Dark Ages. rela- tions executive for film Mr. Pillot was never in the studios. dark when it- came to what The applause he receives he wanted to do. "I always these days is for the good wanted to be a writer," he says. clean fun of "Coach." ❑ .