It was clear that the witness had been 'coached' by her lawyer on how to answer the questions.
He 'coaches' football and basketball. [=he coaches football and basketball teams]
In those days, people usually traveled long distances in 'coaches'.
(..) Do you like it there? Did you feel any earthquakes? Is the bridge cool? Yes. Good. What happened with the playoffs. We won the first game. Coach says we might actually go to the finals this year. Oh, and we got this new girl on the team. She's so cool. - Uh. She did not just say that. (..)2015 Inside Out
(..) The lake freezes over. And that’s when we play hockey. I'm on a great team. We're called the Prairie dogs. My friend, Mag, plays forward and my dad's the coach. Pretty much everyone in my family skates. It's kind of a family tradition. We go out on the lake almost every weekend. Or, we did. (..)2015 Inside Out