Luther makes a nuisance of himself after tracing his family tree and learning of a large group of Van Dams living in the area.

After Hayden convinces Luther to invest in the Touchdown Club, an opening night mishap threatens their partnership and their friendship when Luther is forced to call Hayden after a robbery.

Hayden runs away to protest Kelly's wedding to Stuart.

Hayden, Luther and Dauber return to Minnesota State, where they reminisce about their college-coaching years and see some familiar faces. Later, at the lake with Christine and Tim, Hayden shares his vision of the family's future -- an idea she quickly embraces.

Game pressure gives Hayden a facial tic before a national telecast.

Cash-poor Hayden buys Christine's engagement ring from a cut-rate jeweler/dentist.

Luther and Hayden have vastly different views on the reasons for the team's success.

Convinced that Hayden deliberately sold him a broken-down truck, Luther reports Hayden to a TV consumer reporter.

Hayden tries to discourage a scrawny, unpopular student who wants to try out for the football team, and Christine schools him in the art of gaining popularity.

Hayden consoles a wealthy alumnus' widow to secure a substantial donation.

Hayden, Luther and Dauber return to Minnesota State, where they reminisce about their college-coaching years and see some familiar faces. Later, at the lake with Christine and Tim, Hayden shares his vision of the family's future—an idea she quickly embraces.

Hayden pressures Kelly to date his star player, whom she finds very attractive -- until he tells her he is gay.

When Hayden secretly recruits a top quarterback, Christine blabs to a sportscaster.

On his first trip to Las Vegas, athletic director Howard wants to sow some wild oats.

Whiny, well-meaning Stuart nearly drives Hayden to murder on a ski trip with Christine and Kelly.

Hayden loses Luther's prized bird while the assistant coach vacations.

Hayden seeks Luther's companionship while Christine works on the weekend, and while she is away nearly destroys her apartment.

This is an unusual greatest moments episode. The format is an interview with Hayden about his life and work at Minnesota State. In the first of this two part series Mary Hart interviews Hayden about the beginnings of his relationship with Christine. Another unusual part of this episode is its absence of a laugh track, leaving the jokes to push themselves.

Hayden's enthusiasm for fund-raising threatens Luther's romance with wealthy widow Mrs. Rizzendough.

On the day of the Pioneer Bowl, an accident puts Luther in the hospital with a concussion -- but the team wins the National Championship anyway.

Hayden impresses Judy's parents when he saves their pet poodle.

Hayden gets jealous when the university president woos a basketball coach from Boston with promises of grandiose perks.

An opposing player is badly hurt after Hayden encourages rough play.

Luther complains to Hayden about the lack of recognition for his contribution to the team's success -- then must face the media when the team loses.

Hayden feuds with the girls' basketball coach, Dauber's new flame.

Hayden and Luther get stranded out of town the night Hayden is to escort Christine to an awards banquet in her honor.

Hayden receives an oddball inheritance from an acquaintance.

Christine fixes Luther up with a friend.

Hayden detests Kelly's new boyfriend.

When Doris invites the whole gang to spend Valentine's Day weekend at a ski resort she's thinking about buying, Hayden helps Christine conquer her fear of the slopes. Meanwhile, Dauber runs into his ex-fiancée Judy, which stirs some unresolved feelings. The gang heads off to a ski resort, where Hayden and Christine go their separate ways after an argument and Dauber spends his time trying to hide from Judy after spotting her in a grocery store.

Hayden is tempted by an offer to coach a professional team, but fears that its eccentric owner would make all the big decisions herself.

Christine persuades Luther to have lunch with the reconciling best friend who stole his girl 37 years ago.

Anti-fun Riley Pringle of the Conduct Committee joins Hayden in supervising Dauber's season-ending party.

When Hayden objects to Kelly spending all her time in Wisconsin with her new family, Kelly forces her father to meet her in-laws.

Hayden tries to restrain his jealousy over Christine's on-air romance with her new co-star in the coffee commercial.

Hayden reluctantly allows archrival Watkins to sit in on his poker night.

When Hayden discovers Christine's salary dwarfs his own, he decides to make extra cash as a spokesperson for an athletic supporter company.

Hayden concocts a wild tale to keep a promised $10 million donation from going to the basketball department instead.

Hayden feels threatened when Christine dates another.

When Hayden refuses to accompany Christine to the opera, she asks her old flame, and a predictably jealous Hayden follows them in disguise.

Hayden believes the new president of Minnesota State is a woman with whom he once had a fling.

Hayden is rattled when he and Christine agree to watch an infant for the weekend.

When Hayden has to miss a game because of a bad tooth, Luther must coach via phone instructions from him.

Dateless for a charity ball, Hayden flashes back four years to when he first met Christine, at the same affair.

A losing streak makes Hayden unpleasant company for Christine.

Hayden's photograph appears on the cover of Sports Illustrated after his team is ranked in the top 20.

Christine wants all her belongings out of Hayden's house, and Luther might move in next door.

Hayden meets his idols at a conference, but his dreams of swimming with the big fishes drown in a sea of anonymity.

Hayden suspends Luther for 30 days for gambling when he bets against the team and wins a steak at the Touchdown Club; but Luther think he has been fired, and takes another job.

Hayden's plans for an evening of dinner and dancing go awry when Christine resists leaving their baby at home.

The Screaming Eagles try to recruit the nations top QB. The players father roomed with Haden in college. After a one on one conversation with the blue chips QB, the player admits he only plays ball to please his eager father whose own football dreams were crushed by an injury. Haden convinces to give the young perspective time to decide his own life direction.

Although Hayden needs a victory in his last game for a winning season, he may be forced to bench his star player for skipping practice.

Christine goes fishing with the guys and catches the biggest fish.

Hayden is beaten before he plays his first bowl game when he learns the opposing coach is his former mentor.

The call of the loon forebodes more than Hayden expected when he agrees to speak at Burleigh's Fraternal Order of the Loon.

Hayden, ecstatic about his team being ranked top-20 for the first time, meets Christine's mother, then is shattered when his star player Bo is hurt and put on the injured list.

When Luther and Doris plan to get married, Howard plans a huge televised half-time wedding for them during the Breakers vs. Niners game. Unfortunately, Luther's new obsession with Doris' money causes some problems.

When Hayden passes on the chance to write a memoir of his failures with the Breakers, Luther makes a play for writing it himself -- without Hayden's involvement -- then discovers the topic is living with losing.

When Luther's pet monkey bites Hayden, he, Howard and the rest of the coaching staff are quarantined for fear of an outbreak of some kind of "lethal monkey virus."

Hayden rallies support for the team after Doris decides to move the Breakers to Los Angeles.

Hayden fears he'll look like a dummy if he fumbles the Breakers' first-choice pick in the NFL draft. Cameos include Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones and receiver Keyshawn Johnson.

On his 49th birthday, Hayden wants to drive a race car.

Hayden recalls how Tim got his name as a result of the coach's mishap with a hospital clerk, which led to a baby-naming contest sponsored by an antagonistic sportswriter.

Luther and Ruthanne try to help each other shed bad habits.

A letter from a European prospect inspires Hayden to go on an international recruiting trip -- to a country that's under martial law.

Hayden blames Christine for his sexist attitude toward an attractive co-worker.

Hayden tries to befriend former Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson -- but his efforts go to the dogs when Johnson's Super Bowl ring is eaten by Luther's dog.

Hayden attempts to recruit Tyler Roberts, the country's top high-school football player from Note Dame.

Hayden stands up in court for Luther's defendant dog Quincy, who bit the MSU bandleader; Christine dozes during Hayden's advances.

Kelly and Dauber decide to keep their relationship a secret from Hayden, but fate throws a monkey wrench into their plans.

Hayden regrets sponsoring Luther's harebrained investment in ""Turtle World"" when he learns that the animals featured in the attraction are dying in captivity.

In this Dauber centered episode, Judy returns from Romania after a trip with the woman's basketball team. Dauber is exited to see her, as it's the longest time they've ever been apart (one month). When Judy arrives, she tells Dauber that she had an affair with a Romanian man named Andre. Judy doesn't feels she can spend her life with Dauber, she breaks their two-year engagement.

Just before a big bowl game, a rumor breaks out that Hayden may be taking a job in the pros.

When Hayden's former gardener Kenny is fired by the Breakers, the guilt-ridden coach writes him a glowing job recommendation. But Hayden comes to regret that generosity when his words earn Kenny a job as his personal bodyguard.

Against Hayden's advice, Christine attends a bachelorette party thrown by Ruthanne and gets into trouble.

Hayden kicks himself for agreeing to coach at a football "fantasy camp," but Luther and Dauber can't wait to have their team go up against his in the final game.

Hayden tries to convince Christine that she does not need a face-lift to improve her chances in a job search.

Hayden loses his appetite when Christine invites soon-to-be-fired player Matt Luba over for dinner.

An old girlfriend's visit rekindles Dauber's feelings and jeopardizes his relationship with Judy.

When Hayden, Luther, Dauber and Howard decide to celebrate "Man Week" in the Florida Everglades, Doris, Christine and Shirley decide to take a vacation of their own. Meanwhile, having allowed Luther to plan their trip, the men wind up in swamp mud with an alligator.

Hayden's team plays in the Patriot Bowl under horrendous conditions.

Luther reveals his true opinion of Christine following a close brush with death.

Hayden is thrilled when Kelly receives a large check from her ex-husband, until he learns her plans for the money.

Hayden is rattled as he tries to nurse his new team to victory, even as Christine announces she wants to have a baby.

In this second of the two-part interview with Mary Hart, the show explores Hayden's relationships with the other significant people in his life (i.e. Luther, Dauber, Howard, and his daughter). This two-part series is essentially a greatest moments episode from the first six seasons.

Carter gives Bill Jennings an audition tape of one of his beautiful broadcasting students. Carter intends to replace Christine with a young female host to "freshen up the show." Carter's plan backfires as Jennings decides to replace him instead of Christine. In the midst of Hayden's celebration on Carter's firing, Carter shows up to beg Christine to help him get his job back. Christine agrees and the next morning talks with the Jennings to help Carter. In the midst of the meeting Carter bursts into the meeting and with Christine's aid he gets his job back.

When Hayden's daughter Kelly brings home new boyfriend Peter, Hayden is appalled to learn that Peter is the same age as Hayden.

Luther risks losing agent Art Hibke by making a self-arranged promotional appearance without telling Art -- and then refusing to pay his commission, which leads to a crazed dental drilling; Dauber tries a new image.

Hayden and Christine decide to try adoption but learn that their ages may complicate the process; a new secretary puts Luther and Dawber under her spell.

While Hayden waffles over helping Howard search for a new job, the coaches see a window of opportunity for scoring their first win of the season.

The father of the unborn baby whom Hayden and Christine plan to adopt comes back into Julie's life.

Hayden must confront his inept gardener when all the plants in the yard start to die; but when Hayden fires him, he gets a chilly reception from Luther, who thinks the daffy worker deserved a second chance.

When Luther burns himself at Hayden's barbecue, he skewers his host with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit for negligence.

In this very special episode which analogizes nine years of relationships between friends and family, Dauber believes he is contacted by aliens, and he considers leaving the Breakers, Orlando and Earth.

Howard and Shirley give Timothy a doll, but Luther feels the boy should have more masculine influences.

Hayden begins wearing a special device to increase his sperm count. As a Valentine's gift he goes on Christine's TV show, where his special device leaks on camera.

Christine gingerly suggests that she and Hayden visit a fertility clinic.

Hayden and Christine have lukewarm reactions to Luther's outrageously uninhibited date.

Luther spends more time with Ruthanne and less with Hayden.

Hayden unwittingly splits Kelly and Stuart when he reluctantly accepts a dinner invitation and enjoys the floor show supplied by the bickering couple.

Hayden's insecurity gets the better of him when an obnoxious mother boasts that her baby girl -- who's just a few days older than Tim -- can already walk and talk. So the coach tries to bring Tim up to speed.

Luther is offered the job of head football coach at nearby small Aberdeen college.

Hayden and Christine have a major marital blowup over her seeming ""impregnability"" and the consequent mechanical nature of their recent love life. Luther gets into an unbelievable car deal with an elderly woman.

Hayden and Luther try to iron out their differences over Luther's relationship with Doris. Meanwhile, in spite of the team's losing season, the coaching staff perks up.

While Hayden's priority is the Breakers' first game of the season, Doris is concerned with re-signing a handsome washout (Wahlheim) so he can model a line of swimwear endorsed by the team -- and television commentators focus on the team's new sex symbol during a game.

Luther plans to "invest" his life savings at an Elvis memorabilia auction in Las Vegas, but he gets into a heated bidding war with The Drew Carey Show's Mimi. In the end, Luther and Mimi go from bitter rivals to dance partners in a wild, Elvis-inspired dream sequence set to music.

Skeptical Hayden warns Christine not to trust the new neighbors.

Hayden is set to star in a coffee commercial with Christine, but his part is recast; Luther decides to write a screenplay.

Hayden hires Kelly's roommate to act as his daughter when Kelly refuses to attend his Father of the Year banquet.

A Valentine's Day dinner gives three couples heartburn when Hayden's efforts to fix up a lovelorn Dauber entirely miss their mark.

Christine needs to cheer up Hayden after a doctor connects his diminished sex drive to "male menopause."

Dauber turns a deaf ear to Hayden's advice while choosing a new car, and winds up with a model that he can't afford.

Luther gets a shot at impressing Doris's high-class friends when he claims to be an expert hunter.

After a one-night stand with Hayden's 60-year-old secretary, Luther is too ashamed to face her the next morning.

Luther begins questioning the relationship when his romance with Lorraine heats up.

Hayden and Dauber buy motorcycles.

A pregnant women considers the Foxes as prospective adoptive parents for her baby; Luther and Dauber try to win over the rest of the Breakers' coaching staff.

Hayden's and Dauber's gifts to the women in their lives accidentally get switched -- and Judy thinks Dauber is proposing to her when she unwraps Christine's ring.

Hayden's overactive ego has him convinced that Christine's success is not her own doing.

Hayden wins his first football game of the year and proposes to Christine on his new live television show.