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The Mighty Macs is a 2009 American sports drama film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush, a Hall of Fame women's basketball coach. The film premiered in the 2009 Heartland Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on October 21, 2011 through indie film label Freestyle Releasing .
Oct 21, 2011 · With Carla Gugino, Marley Shelton, Ellen Burstyn, David Boreanaz. In the early '70s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach of a tiny girls' Catholic college that has no gym and is in danger of being sold, and she determines to steer her team to their first national championship.
The movie tells the story of the women’s basketball team at Immaculata College in the Philadelphia suburbs that won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women basketball championship in 1972, the year that college women’s basketball converted to the full-court game played today.
The Mighty Macs. In the 1970s, Cathy Rush becomes the head basketball coach at a tiny, all-girls Catholic college. Her team has no gym and no uniforms, steers her girls to their first national championship. 783 IMDb 6.6 1 h 38 min 2011.
In 1971, Immaculata College finds a new coach, Cathy Rush (Carla Gugino), to head its women's basketball team. Right from the start, Cathy faces an uphill battle at the tiny, all-women's school...
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The Mighty Macs. 2011 · 1 hr 39 min. G. Drama · Kids & Family · Sport. Based on a true story, coach Cathy Rush joins a women's Catholic college basketball team and fights to help it succeed against the starkest odds.
THE MIGHTY MACS is based on the incredible true story of the 1971-72 Immaculata College team that started in obscurity but became the original Cinderella story in women's basketball. This team of pioneers went from barely making that inaugural tournament to the first dynasty in their game.
