Marvyn Korn

College Men's Head Basketball Coach for University of Wisconsin-Madison (formerly)

### Affiliations

Westbrook School for Girls
 Westbrook School Basketball Team
 University of Wisconsin-Madison (formerly)

## Career Information

### Team(s)

Westbrook Sirens (currently)
 Wisconsin Badgers (formerly)

## Relationships

### Family

Larry Korn † (father)
Mary Korn † (mother)
Caren Korn (ex-wife)
Emma Korn (daughter)
Mr. Korn † (paternal grandfather)

### Friends

Sam
Becky Hamon
Coach Bert † (former coach/friend)
 Randy Edmunds
 Holly Barrett
 Miss Goodwin
 Olive Cooper
 Samantha Finkman
 Louise Gruzinsky
 Carolyn Smith
 Destiny Winters
 Sherilyn Thomas (boss/friend)
 George Pappas
 Ava Navarro
 Kate

### Love Interest(s)

Holly Barrett (kissed)
 Miss Goodwin (ex-girlfriend)
 Caren Korn (ex-wife)

### Enemies

Terry Grint
 Coach McCarthy

## Background Information

### Likes

Holly Barrett, Basketball, coaching, his daughter, his team, listening to WWII Podcasts, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, winning and John Wooden

## Series Information

### Portrayed by

John Stamos
 Gibson Day (Young Marvyn)

**Marvyn Korn** is one of the main characters in the Disney+ Original Series *Big Shot*. He is the son of Mary and Larry Korn. He is Emma Korn's father. Marvyn is a temperamental college basketball coach who gets fired from his job and must take a teaching and coaching job at an elite all-girls private high school. In Season 1, he becomes the new Head Basketball Coach for the Westbrook School Basketball Team. He is portrayed by John Stamos.

## Background

### Personality

At the beginning of the series Marvyn was a temperamental, mean, disrespectful and tough Basketball Coach with anger issues. He is very ambitious when it comes to winning. He is shown to be very caring over his daughter Emma Korn.

## Biography

### Early life

Marvyn Korn was born sometime between 1967-1968 to Mary and Larry Korn. In 1976, when Marvyn was 8 years old his mother Mary Korn passes away from an illness. When Marvyn was young his father Larry Korn called him an "embarrassment" which drove him. Marvyn moved around a lot growing up with his dad. He played Basketball in college in Budapest, Hungary. At some point in his life, he started coaching Basketball.

He met Caren Korn at some point in his life they later ended up getting married. Sometime between 2004-2004 their daughter Emma Korn was born. Sometime between 2016-2017 him and Caren Korn got divorced four years before the events of Season 1.

### **Season One**

#### Pilot

Marvyn used to be a College Men’s Head Basketball Coach at the University of Wisconsin where he won “Coach of the Year” and 3 NCAA Titles. One day at a College Men’s Basketball game Marvyn got fired for throwing a chair at a referee. After losing his job the only job that was his only option for another chance was to be a Basketball Coach at an All-Girls Private school in La Jolla, California. Marvyn moves out to California and becomes the new Head Basketball Coach at Westbrook School for Girls. On his first day as the new coach Marvyn makes a bad first impression on the girls.

#### Everything to Me

Marvyn wakes up at 11:46 pm and his phone keeps getting notifications. Waking up, he sees that he’s been tagged in a post by an account called @KalmK0rn. Opening his sleepy eyes, he sees a doctored photo of his statue in a Japanese-style garden. He rolls back over, but another wakes him up. His statue is now surrounded by cartoon woodland creatures. The alerts keep coming and he can’t sleep.

## Relationships

### Family

Larry Korn **(father)**

According to Marvyn its implied that he doesn’t have a good relationship with his father. In the Pilot, Marvyn mentioned to the Basketball Team that his father called him a “embarrassment” when he was really young. In The Marvyn Korn Effect, Marvyn mentioned that his father’s name is “Larry” and that he hasn’t talked to his father in years because he stop talking to him. In TCKS, Marvyn gets a phone called that his father passed away. When Marvyn tells Emma that his father passed away Emma suggests that they should go to the funeral. Marvyn refuses to attend his father's funeral because he didn't have a good relationship with his father. Then Emma buys both of them Plane Tickets to fly out to the funeral. In the end Marvyn ends up attending the funeral with Emma. The entire Westbrook School Basketball Team send him a huge bouquet of flowers to his father's funeral with a note attached to it signed by the team.

**Emma Korn (daughter)**

Marvyn is shown to have a good relationship with his daughter Emma. Even though Marvyn is no longer with Emma’s mother Caren he still checks up on his daughter. In the Pilot on Marvyn’s first day as the new Basketball Coach at Westbrook School for Girls he gets a call from Emma and tells her about his first day at his new job. Even though Marvyn isn’t the greatest person ever his daughter Emma still sees the good in him. When Marvyn first moves to California he talks to and FaceTime his daughter on the phone often but the hardest part with them keeping in touch is the Time Zone difference. In The Marvyn Korn Effect, Marvyn is having dinner with Holly Barrett and she asks Marvyn what thing brings him the most joy? that is still alive and Marvyn replies his daughter Emma is who brings him the most joy. Then later Emma’s mother Caren tells Emma that she got a new job opportunity in Italy. Emma suggests that she should take the job while she can go moved to California to go live with her father. Emma calls up her father and tells him about her mother’s new job opportunity and that she go move in with him while her mother moves to Italy. At first Marvyn doesn’t think it’s a good idea but after some consideration he thinks it a great idea for Emma to move in with him. In TCKS, Emma moves in with Marvyn. When Emma first moves out to California he avoids spending time with her and Holly Barrett calls him out on it. After Basketball Practice Marvyn gets a phone called that his father has passed away and when he tells Emma the news she suggests that they should go to the funeral even though she didn't know him that well. Marvyn refuses to attend his father's funeral because he didn't have a good relationship with his father. Then Emma buys both of them Plane Tickets to attend the funeral. They both ended up attending the funeral together. After the funeral, Marvyn tells Emma that he really is trying his best to be a good parent and he wants her to be proud of him when he dies. Marvyn's father death changed his relationship with his daughter by making him want to have a better father than his father ever was to him.

### Friends

**Sam (former agent/friend)**

**Randy Edmunds (friend)**

**Holly Barrett (co-worker/friend)**

Marvyn first met his co-worker Holly on first day as the new Basketball Coach at Westbrook. Holly helps Marvyn out with the Basketball Team as being the Assistant Coach by giving him advice. Holly becomes Marvyn's first friend at Westbrook School for Girls and the only person at Westbrook School for Girls that actually stands him at first. They frequently go out to dinner together to talk about work. Before Marvyn met Holly he did some research on her to find out more about his Assistant Coach he found out that she is divorced just like him.

See Also: Holly and Marvyn

**Olive Cooper (former player/friend)**

**Samantha Finkman (friend/player)**

**Louise Gruzinsky (friend/player)**

**Carolyn Smith (friend/player)**

**Destiny Winters (friend/player)**

**Sherilyn Thomas (boss/friend)**

**George Pappas (friend)**

### Love Interest(s)

**Caren Korn (ex-wife)**

Marvyn married his first wife Caren sometime before their daughter Emma Korn was born. They later had a daughter together who is their first and only child. Sometime between 2004-2005 their daughter Emma Korn was born. They later ended up getting divorced when their daughter Emma was young.

**Miss Goodwin (ex-girlfriend)**

Marvyn first meets Maggie when he walks in the room when his daughter Emma Korn is at Play Rehearsal in Great in the Living Room. In This is Our House one day in the teacher lounge Miss Goodwin introduced herself to Marvyn and asks him out on a date. In Carlsbad Crazies, Maggie kisses Marvyn on the cheek. In Kalm Korn, Maggie tells Marvyn that she wants him to "Define the Relationship" by asking her out. Marvyn goes over to Maggie's house and gives her a bouquet of Flowers. Then he asks her out on a date. In Everything to Me, Maggie tells everyone in the teacher's lounge that they are official "dating" after going out on their third date. In Beth MacBeth, Maggie walks into Marvyn's office during Play Rehearsal telling him that they have a problem. Maggie goes on explaining that it turns out their daughters Emma Korn and Harper Schapira don't get along and that they are fighting during Play Rehearsal.

## Appearances

### Season 1

* *Pilot*
* The Marvyn Korn Effect
* TCKS
* Great in the Living Room
* This is Our House
* Carlsbad Crazies
* Kalm Korn
* Everything to Me
* Beth MacBeth
* Marvyn's Playbook

### Season 2

* Ava Fever
* BOYS!
* Tipoff
* 17 Candles
* Field Day
* It's Going To Be Okay
* Playing House
* Prom!
* Parent Trap
* Moving On

## Quotes

### Season 1

**Pilot**

“You know that John Wooden quote about best effort and so forth? The truth is, I clung on to that long before I became a coach. I wasn't much of a player. My father... called me an embarrassment. An embarrassment. Those words drove me more than any other words, to not be that. But the irony of those words, is that they made me lose myself. I'd throw tantrums, chairs... But at the end of the day, after every game, I could look in the mirror, and I could say to myself that I... I did everything I could to try to win, that I tried my best. And that's all I'm asking of you. ( Softly ) Try your best. Life is bigger than basketball. I may not be, but life... And the thing about life... And this is what they don't tell you in high school, is that it's cruel. And that it's difficult. And you don't have a fighting chance... unless you fight. And I know what you're all thinking. The big college coach, NCAA championships. "Try your best'? That's all he's got?" Now you know. That's all I got. That's all I've ever had. What do you got?”

**The Marvyn Korn Effect**

TBA

**TCKS**

“Here is what I wanted to tell him. My father. I wanted to say that - - That I forgive you. But, I couldn’t. I just stood there in front of the casket. His dad was a terrible guy. My dad was a little better. I like to think that he tried his best. I think we’re all sort of echoes of the people that raised us, and each gains, hopefully we get a little better. And better and better and better. The thing that hurts me the most is that he died thinking I was an embarrassment. That’s what he used to call me, an embarrassment. So I don’t - When I go, I don’t want you to think of like that. I want you to be proud of me. ‘Cause I’m - I’m not perfect, but, I - - I’m trying. I swear I’m trying. Anyway, that’s what I wanted to say to him. I wanted to say that I forgive you, but I - - I just couldn’t.”

**Great in the Living Room**

TBA

**This is Our House**

“I want you to listen to me, okay? This could go both ways. I don't want you to let the cheers go to your brain or the boos go to your heart. You got it? Just put all that stuff out. This is our house. Nobody waltzes in here and pushes us around in our house.”

**Carlsbad Crazies**

TBA

**Kalm Korn**

TBA

**Everything to Me**

“I’m just so happy you’re in one piece. It was… It changed everything. Suddenly, I didn’t even care about basketball…”

”You know when people are so focused on winning in life, sometimes they forget to look around and see the people that are helping you. You said I diminished you and I will not make that mistake again.”

Beth MacBeth

TBA

Marvyn's Playbook

"All right, here it is, girls. This is the big one. The game changer. The Sacrifice Play, right? In it, our shiniest player, who will force Carlsbad to double-team her, will sacrifice the ball to our number two. Our number two will sacrifice it to the least expected player, and she will make the shot. The one who puts in all the work and goes unnoticed. The one who always shows up and gets the job done. It's kinda like what it means to be a parent, huh? You know, it's taken me a long time to figure out what it means to be a dad. At first, I thought it was about... I thought it was about providing, right? And it is. That's part of it. Then I thought, no, you have to spend time with your kids. That's what's important. Then I said, no, no. Discipline. That's the most important thing. Discipline. Setting boundaries and rules and punishments. And then… And then it hit me. Being a parent is about sacrifice. Sacrificing your own needs, your own desires, for the good of your child. It's a lifetime commitment. And at the end, you don't win a trophy or get a banner or a shiny ring. No. The win, and it is worth any sacrifice, is raising a child who is caring enough, smart enough, who is compassionate enough, and who is loving enough to be a better echo of you. That's what it means to be a parent. I, uh… I passed on the UCSB gig.”

“Yeah, it would've been right for my career. You know, it was where I thought I wanted to be, but it was wrong for all of you. Wrong for you, Emma. And ultimately, I realized it was wrong for me. You know, I've always been the shiny penny. Right? The guy in the spotlight who gets all the attention. And it felt good. But it feels better to be here. To be with all of you. And you, Holly. And especially you, Emma. You know, I set out to write a new playbook for the team, and I did. But I ended up writing a new one for me.”

## Trivia

* He won 3 NCAA Titles.
* He used to be a College Men’s Basketball Coach at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
* He got fired from being an College Men’s Basketball Coach for throwing a chair at a referee.
* He recently won “Coach of the Year”.
* His wife left him because she thought “She could do better”.
* When he first became a Coach he would channel John Wooden.
* He has a daughter named Emma Korn with his ex-wife Caren Korn.
* The things that bring him joy that are dead celebrities is John Wooden, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin.
* The only thing that brings him joy that is still alive is his daughter Emma Korn.
* His father’s first name was Larry.
* He likes to wear sunglasses when he's driving.
* From the Pilot to TCKS he lived at the Klimpson Luxury Express La Jolla where he rented a two bedroom hotel room until he bought a house at the end of TCKS for him and Emma.
* According to Destiny Winters some of the faculty like Ms. Grint don't want him at Westbrook.
* When Harper Schapira was interviewing the Westbrook School Basketball Team for his Video Profile for the School's website they all said that they think he is a "Great Coach".
* He once was the highest paid public employee in the state of Wisconsin.
* He is the first and only College Coach in history to ever win 12 Conference Titles and 3 National Championships.
* He made up the acronym "TCKS" which stands for "Take Care Keep Safe" that he likes to use when he texts his daughter Emma.
* It was revealed in TCKS, that his mother's first name was Mary and that she passed away in 1976.
* As of TCKS both of his parents are deceased.
* His father passed away in TCKS.
* His mother passed away when he was 8 years old.
* His good luck charm is his Championship Ring from the year that University of Wisconsin finally beat North Carolina.
* He played Basketball in College.
* He has been coaching Basketball for 20 years.
* There used to be a statue of him that was put up after he won a third national championship. The statue was torn down in Wisconsin after the chair incident.
* He is the only male character that has appeared in every episode so far.

## References

1. ↑ Great in the Living Room
2. ↑ Kalm Korn
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Pilot
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The Marvyn Korn Effect
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 TCKS
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Great in the Living Room
7. ↑ Great in the Living Room
8. ↑ Carlsbad Crazies