A Head Coach's Turnover: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Maeng Gong is the coach of the professional basketball team ‘Big Pandas', which has been on the verge of elimination from the playoffs for three consecutive years. Due to poor performance, he is in danger of being fired. When he was young, he was a star player who attacked boldly on the court, as his name suggests, but now he is more famous as the ‘Young Gong Dae' coaching a professional basketball team.

Ko Hwa Jin, a dedicated hater of Maeng Gong, works under the nickname ‘Maeng Gong Extermination Group'. He is a high school student who knows how to analyze the game in seconds. He is a character who has become a malicious commenter, full of hostility and a desire to get revenge on Maeng Gong.

With his job on the line, Maeng Gong decides to work with his malicious commenter to achieve team results.

Series details

• Title: A Head Coach's Turnover
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Korean
• Genres: Comedy, Sports
• Premiere date: 2025-05-23
• Final broadcast date listed: 2025-05-24
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: MBC
• Network country: Korea, Republic of
• Typical episode runtime: 70 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 84421
• IMDb ID: tt37028412
• TVDB ID: 463169

Cast and credited roles

• Park Seong Ung — Maeng Gong
• Park Sang Hoon — Ko Hwa Jin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2025-05-23; final listed air date 2025-05-24; episode order: 2.

Source and licence

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