Varsity Blues is a 1999 American
coming-of-age sports comedy-drama film directed by
Brian Robbins that follows a small-town
high school football team and their overbearing coach through a tumultuous season. The players must deal with the pressures of adolescence and their football-obsessed community while having their hard coach on their back constantly. In the small (fictional) town of West Canaan,
Texas, football is a way of life, and losing is not an option.