Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach
Directed byDanny Leiner
Written byAndy Stock
Rick Stempson
Produced byDanny Leiner
Seann William Scott
Starring
CinematographyRogier Stoffers
Edited byMatthew Rohrs
Music byJohn Swihart
Production
company
GreeneStreet Films
Distributed bySony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release date
  • January 14, 2009 (2009-01-14) (United States)
Running time
92 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$15 million
Box office$10,303

Balls Out: Gary the Tennis Coach is a 2009 American sports comedy film directed by Danny Leiner (in his final directorial effort before his death) and starring Seann William Scott and Randy Quaid alongside A. D. Miles, Brando Eaton and Leonor Varela. The film follows Gary "The Beast" Houseman (Scott), a high school janitor and former professional tennis player who begins coaching the high school's tennis team, and marks the second collaboration between Leiner and Scott, following Dude, Where's My Car? (2000). Filming took place primarily in Austin and Taylor, Texas.

Balls Out was released direct-to-video in the United States on January 14, 2009. The film received a limited theatrical release in Iceland on July 15, 2009.