Jack Nicholson, not Gene Hackman, was the original coach cast and other things you might not know about 'Hoosiers' and how it was inspired by the 1954 Milan High School basketball state champions.

MULBERRY — Nearly 39 years have passed since a hulking piece of metal fitted with numbers and green and red light bulbs used in the movie Hoosiers was brought into the Pizza King on 137 S. Glick ...

The locker room downstairs in The Hoosier Gym, used by the Hickory Huskers in the movie Hoosiers, shown Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, remains largely unchanged from the way it was when the film was made ...

Gene Hackman gave fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during the filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse on Dec. 6, 1985, in ...

Actor Gene Hackman gives fictional Hickory High basketball players instructions during filming of the final game of the movie "Hoosiers" at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the Butler University campus ...

MILAN, Indiana — The dazzling films of Gene Hackman stand out for sports fan for one reason: His unforgettable role as Norman Dale, coach of the feel-good, state champion Hickory Huskers in “Hoosiers.

The locker room downstairs in The Hoosier Gym, used by the Hickory Huskers in the movie Hoosiers, shown Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, remains largely unchanged from the way it was when the film was made ...

Hackman’s dazzling acting career stands out for sports fans for a single reason: His unforgettable role as Hickory Huskers ...

The dazzling films of Gene Hackman stand out for sports fan for one reason: His unforgettable role as Norman Dale, coach of the feel-good, state champion Hickory Huskers in “Hoosiers.” ...

The locker room downstairs in The Hoosier Gym, used by the Hickory Huskers in the movie Hoosiers, shown Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, remains largely unchanged from the way it was when the film was made ...

The locker room downstairs in The Hoosier Gym, used by the Hickory Huskers in the movie Hoosiers, shown Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, remains largely unchanged from the way it was when the film was made ...

The Hoosier Gym is shown Monday, Feb. 19, 2024, in Knightstown, Ind. Thousands of people still visit The Hoosier Gym annually. The gym where many scenes from the movie “Hoosiers” was filmed in ...