Coach of the Year

Jim Brandon, a former player of the Chicago Bears, has been paralyzed during the Vietnam war. When he returns, he tries to get a job as a football coach, but he doesn't succeed. After a visit to the youth-prison St. Charles he thinks of becoming the football coach there. He decides to do it, because he likes the challenge. The boys, young delinquents, don't accept him, but he goes all out to be accepted.