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Coach


Real Name: Unknown
Affiliation: X-Force (II)
Aliases: "The Arm"
Status: Deceased (U-Go Girl)
Alternate-X Versions: None
Codename Etymology: Pronounced kōch [From Middle English coche, from Middle French, from German Kutsche, from Hungarian kocsi (szekér), literally, wagon from Kocs, Hungary, the town where the coach was first made] From the concept that the tutor conveys the student through his examinations: A trainer, especially of athletes.
Powers & History: Unknown. Coach has red eyes and is missing his left arm, or so it appears. What his powers are is still a mystery, as is whether he still has any at all. Coach founded X-Force with backing from brat software tycoon Spike Freeman, and used the media to bring them fame and fortune. However, Coach didn't care at all about his charges, and even planned and executed a massacre of most of his original team in order to get rid of old members whose popularity had waned.

After that, Coach sent the new X-Force to rescue Paco Perez, a young boy with the power to level cities. Team leader Orphan refused to give Paco up, however, especially after he discovered that Paco's blood contained cures to almost every known illness, but to extract them in the procedure Coach laid out would kill the boy. Coach called in backup minions Smoke and Succubus to kill Orphan, but X-Force broke up the fight.

Coach then convinced U-Go Girl to do the job, so Edie came to Guy's house and distracted him with a complex drink request, loading all the chambers in his handgun while Guy was out of the room. However, the Orphan's powers allowed him to feel the weight difference and he confronted Coach, who again called on Smoke and Succubus. Luckily, Doop had tipped off his old pal Wolverine to Coach's plan and he helped take out the evil mutants. Coach was about to kill U-Go Girl, who had turned on him, but she resisted, and the gun he was holding went off, killing him instantly.

However, there is a surprising resemblance between Coach and Belasco, and seeing Coach return from the "dead" should surprise no one...
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