Question: who played abby's parents on the ranch
Answer: Wilson as Coach Fitzgerald , the Garrison High School head football coach ( Season 1 ) Debra Jo Rupp as Janice Phillips , Abby 's mother ( Seasons 2 - 3 ) Jim Beaver as Chuck Phillips , Abby 's father , who like Janice is disdainful of Abby 's relationship with Colt ( Seasons 2 - 3 ) Conchata Ferrell as Shirley ( Season 2 ) Lou Diamond Phillips as Clint , a traveling musician attracted to Maggie ( Season 2 ) Kurtwood Smith as Sam Peterson , neighbor of the Iron River Ranch ( Seasons 2 - 3 ) Nancy Travis as Karen , Maggie 's estranged sister ( Season 3 )