Coach

Coach was, at one time, a roommate in the apartment. Coach is a former athlete who now works as a personal trainer. He lived with Nick, Schmidt and Jessica Day until deciding to move out, after which he was replaced by Winston, who returned from playing basketball abroad.

In "Backslide", his name is mentioned in Nick's video about not getting back together with Caroline.

Damon Wayans, Jr. took the role of "Coach" expecting his previous show, the ABC sitcom Happy Endings, to be cancelled. When that show was renewed for a second season, Wayans left New Girl and was replaced by Morris. Rather than reshoot the pilot, Meriwether, 20th Century Fox and the studio decided to keep the characters and the plot of the episode as they were, with Morris joining the show in the second episode of the series.