The Winning Season is a 2009 American sports comedy film written and directed by James C. Strouse, and starring Sam Rockwell.

[2] Bill Greaves, a divorced deadbeat dad, is estranged from his teenage daughter Molly.

His friend Terry is a high school principal who gives him a job as the coach for the girls' varsity basketball team.

Bill begins to regret his decision when he meets the girls on the team: Abbie Miller, Tamra Schemerhorn, Mindy, Wendy Webber, Lisa Robinson, and Kathy Reyes.

They improve under Bill's coaching and advise him on his relationship with his daughter, but their winning season does not protect the girls from their real world difficulties.