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Basketball and the movies: The 2004 Gheorghie Awards
Favorite Coach

With the All-Star weekend festivities taking place in Hollywood, NBA.com recognizes the symbiosis of basketball and filmdom in presenting the 2004 Gheorghie Awards. Named in honor of seven-foot-seven basketball and entertainment legend Gheorghe Muresan (Washington Bullets, My Giant, Snickers and ESPN ads, et al), the Gheorghies unveiled dozens of nominees in 15 categories over three days, with your votes determining the winners. The envelopes, please.

Complete Results

And the nominees are:

Whoopi Goldberg
Eddie (1996)
Goldberg goes from limo driver to head coach of the New York Knicks. What, you don't think that can happen? Have you seen the East lately?

Gene Hackman
Hoosiers (1986)
Hackman is a vagabond coach who hires alcoholic Dennis Hopper as an assistant and leads a small Indiana town to big-time glory.

Gabe Kaplan
Fast Break (1979)
More "sweat" than "hog," Gabe "Kotter" Kaplan plays a New York deli worker who lives his coaching dream with a small Nevada school.

Robert Mitchum
That Championship Season (1982)
Mitchum meets with his former players to reminisce about past glories, as well as learn some life lessons. Remake with Zen Master, MJ and Rodman, anyone?

Nike Nolte
Blue Chips (1994)
Nolte plays Pete Bell, a coach who realizes to get the prized recruits he wants, he may need to break some rules ... and drop-kick a basketball.

G.D. Spradlin
One On One (1977)
As coach Moreland Smith, Spradlin gives Robby Benson's Henry Steele all he can handle on the practice court, and a wake-up-call to big-time athletics. Yes, we were scared of him.

Jay Tarses
Teen Wolf (1985)
More than just a coach, Tarses gives his players advice on sleep (12 hours a night), gambling (don't sit with a guy named after a city), and love (avoid gals with tattoos ... of daggers).