overcoach

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verb

To coach too much.

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Meanings

verbovercoach (third-person singular simple present overcoaches, present participle overcoaching, simple past and past participle overcoached)

present singular third person overcoaches · participle present overcoaching · participle past overcoached · past overcoached

  1. To coach too much.

    Terry is like many parents — so eager to give their children the benefit of their experience that they often overcoach.

    2009 February 23, William C. Rhoden, “Terry Robiskie Takes His Son to Work at N.F.L. Combine”, in New York Times

Origin

From over- + coach.

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APA

overcoach. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoach

MLA

“overcoach.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoach. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overcoach,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overcoach.

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