Across five seasons and two football teams, Coach Taylor, played by Kyle Chandler, was, as his wife said, "a molder of men." Some of his best "parenting" moments didn't even come from his relationship with his daughter Julie — though there were some — but from his talks with players Matt Saracen, Tim Riggins, Jason Street, and Vince Howard.
A moment that sticks out is when, in the series finale, Coach Taylor tells Vince (played by a young Michael B. Jordan) that he "may never know how proud I am of you," and Vince replies with a simple, "You changed my life, Coach." We suspect Vince isn't the only one whose life was changed by Eric Taylor.