Cal Maddox

**Calvin "Cal" Maddox** is one of the main characters in Sweet Magnolias. He is portrayed by Justin Bruening.

## Personality

**Cal Maddox** is generally a mild-mannered, friendly man. However, he is shown to have a slight temper and issues with anger management at times. He attempts to work through these issues with those closest to him.

## Biography

### Current Life

**Cal Maddox** is Ty’s baseball coach and Maddie's boyfriend. He was a former professional baseball player and also the former baseball coach at Serenity High School. He co-owns Sullivan’s with Dana Sue.

## Throughout the Series

### Season 1

In Pour It Out: Cal has a talk with Maddie about Ty's constant fights with Jackson Lewis at baseball practice, and starts gaining interest in her.

In A United Front: Cal gives Ty a piece of advice: he tells him to imagine the face of his nemesis in his opponent's baseball glove. He later finds Maddie at school and suggests that she and Bill meet with him to discuss Ty's progress. However, Maddie attends the meeting alone and Cal tells her that Ty's grades and behaviour are getting worse. He warns her that if Ty continues on this path, he will lose his position in the season's starting lineup.

In Give Drink to the Thirsty: Maddie is busy at work so Cal gives Ty a ride back home. There, he finds Bill, who wants to attend another meeting about Ty, this time with the three adults present. At the meeting, Cal tells Ty's parents that they and Noreen are distracting Ty. He suggests that they alternate their assistance between games, and even though Bill initially refuses he ends up accepting. Later, Cal comes to Maddie's place to fix her sink, and after a few flirty moments Ty catches him all sweaty and wet, looking at his mother. Cal later changes his shirt in the garden. Mary Vaughn Lewis sees him and spread false gossip about him and Maddie dating, which later spreads through the whole town.

In Lay It All Down: everyone is talking about Cal taking off his shirt on Maddie's driveway. She doesn't think there's anything wrong with being friends with him, even though Cal is clearly feeling uneasy about all the gossiping going around town. He tells Maddie that they would like to be more than friends, and Maddie responds that she doesn't know what to say.

In Dance First, Think Later: Cal is at the baseball fundraiser, and has managed to auction a date with him to Paula Vreeland for 500 dollars. He also watches how Mary Vaughn auctions a medical revision by Bill, without having any success. Seeing this, Bill decides to bribe the citizens (and Ty's) kindness with a large sum of money for the fundraiser, at the same time trying to compete with Cal. The latter later goes to the spa opening and has his first dance with Maddie.

In All Best Intentions: Cal is now officially and publicly in a relationship with Maddie. He asks Helen for help with the mock trials at Serenity High School and, when she arrives, they both notice the tension between Ty and Annie.

In Hold My Hand: there's a big baseball game coming up, and Jackson's parents claim that he isn't the one starting because of Cal's favoritism towards Ty, as he is the coach's girlfriend's son. It all gets resolved in a meeting between the Townsends, the Lewises, Coaches Maddox and Bixby, and the headmistress: Cal says he will let Harlan choose who starts for the game, and he agrees with Cal that Ty will start. However, Mary Vaughn then says that she will seek revenge on Cal and Maddie. Later, Ty decides to fake an injury so Jackson can start, and Cal, understanding what happened and why, tells Maddie that her son is going to be a fine man. Finally, Cal is seen again at the mock trial preparations with Helen.

#### What Fools These Mortals Be

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In Where You Find Me: Cal is at mock trials with Helen and the students; they are all worried about Kyle's whereabouts. Cal isn't thrilled to hear about the tense partnership that Maddie and Bill have in order to find Kyle.

In Storms and Rainbows: Cal impresses at his first dinner with the entire Townsend family: he even researches baseball musicals to impress Kyle and dinosaur facts to impress Katie. He tells Maddie he loves her and that they should go away together. Later, Cal asks Erik to help him with a surprise dinner for Maddie at the back of the Corner Spa. Later on, Ty is getting scouted by Cal's friend, who has a good eye for talent and think Ty would be a fit for the Braves. However, Maddie wants Ty to go to college first and is very put out by how this has been handled around her. This leads to her and Cal's first proper argument.

## Relationships

### Family

Cal did not have the best relationship with his father growing up.

### Maddie Townsend

*For more information see Cal and Maddie*

## Trivia

* Justin Bruening and Alexa Havins, who portrays Cal's ex-wife Vicky, are married in real life. They met as co-stars of a show called *All My Children*.