Fictional Character Biography
One of Coach's first appearances was introducing the new hero Anarchist to X-Force. Later, he briefs the team on their upcoming mission to rescue a hostage boy band. They were being held in a New York recording studio. He details how this is a perfect mission, one that would please the focus group and increase their publicity. This did not go well, as most of X-Force, and the boy band, die in helicopter attack. The surviving terrorists, including the copter crew, are slain by the surviving members.
He discusses the deaths of most of the team members to the remaining three. He thus introduces the team's new owner. U-Go Girl is surprised that the team's owners were not a shadowy organization answerable to no one. Coach calms her worries saying that their owner, Spike Freeman is simply a software trillionaire. Secretly, all of U-Go Girl's concerns were true.
After a recruitment drive, Coach details the mission to rescue Paco Perez from the South American nation of Bastrona. Perez has the mutant potential to cure many diseases, plus, he has already seemingly devastated a large portion of the local landscape. Orphan would lead this mission.
Coach also speaks with the Orphan on the decision to have the press believe that U-Go Girl was abusing pain killers and alcohol. He also explains to the Orphan why the team needed to bring Paco Perez back. The Coach's motive was to put Perez under the control of drug companies, who would exploit him for every possible dollar they could.
When the Orphan questions the Coach's motives, he sets loose two mutant goons named Smoke and Succubus to subdue him and his teammates. The Orphan breaks up the fight and agrees to bring Perez back. Later that night, the Coach sneaked into U-Go Girl's room and warns of romantic liaisons between teammates. He talks about framing the Orphan for murder. He would discuss the latter topic with Spike Freeman.
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