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Ashton Kutcher is coaching your kids

Posted on September 10th, 2008 – 3:30 PM
By Michael Rand

ashton.JPGRoughkat’s special lady friend reads People Magazine so you don’t have to, and she passes along this item about Ashton Kutcher:

Ashton Kutcher can now add “assistant coach” to his resumé just under actor, producer and renowned prankster.

The actor, 30, who played football at his high school in Iowa, is a new assistant coach for the freshman football team at L.A.’s Harvard-Westlake School.

Head of Athletics Audrius Bardzukas says that Kutcher, who is pals with head coach Scott Wood, didn’t benefit from having friends in high places. Like any other job candidate, he was interviewed.

“I asked him why he wanted to coach. He said he’s a dad, he has three daughters, and none of them are into sports. He loves football, and he said he’d always wanted to coach,” Barzdukas told PEOPLE.

Kutcher, who will attend practice five days a week, helped his team start off the season well on Friday, when they won their first game, 21-12, in an upset. “He’s put in the time to learn our schemes and systems, and so far he’s been a pleasant surprise as a coach,” says Barzdukas. “He’s a great communicator.

First Snoop. Now Ashton. What’s next? Gymnastics coach Paris Hilton?

23 Responses to "Ashton Kutcher is coaching your kids"

Roberto El Doucho says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:40 pm

First Snoop. Now Ashton. What’s next?

A direct flight to hell for all of us, and soon.

roughkat says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:41 pm

“I asked him why he wanted to coach play fantasy football. He said he’s a dad, he has three two> daughters, and none of them are into sports they do gymnastics. He loves football, and he said he’d always wanted to coach fantasy football,” Barzdukas Stu> told PEOPLE RandBall.

Fixed.

Dave MN says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

Ashton Kutcher is coaching your kids

Not unless I have some that I don’t know about.

Deacon says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

Ashton Kutcher is coaching your kids…

…And dating your mom

AZGopherGirl says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:52 pm

I always knew Ashton had the passion.

I was somewhat forcibly taken to the Orange Bowl in 2003 when the Hawkeyes were dismantled by Carson Palmer. There grew a great buzz in the stadium when a sweat-suit clad figure was brought to the Iowa sidelines. That figure? Ashton Kutcher.

Show me a sit-com star willing to come to Miami in January to stand on the sidelines of a nationally-televised bowl game, and I will show you a man who truly loves the game. Ashton Kutcher is that man, my friends.

Merx says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:54 pm

Too bad he is a Hawkeye fan.

Merx says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:55 pm

I seem to recall that Iowa’s only loss the year (before the bowl game) was to my beloved Cyclones.

AZGopherGirl says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:56 pm

His camera commercials? The worst I’ve ever seen.

AZGopherGirl says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

True, Merx. And that’s something they can never take away from you (unless they find out ISU was involved in an academic fraud scandal and they wipe all their victories clean…)

Merx says:

September 10th, 2008 at 3:59 pm

ISU doesn’t get good enough players to worry about an academic scandal.

MR says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:00 pm

IN UR HIGH SCHOOL COACHIN UR KIDS

Sassbottom says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

Would Paris be coaching an Oral Gymnastics team?

If so, I’m sure they’d perform very well.

StraightCashHomey says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

Man, he just can’t get old fast enough. He’s like Robin Williams in “Jack,” only he just wants to age faster. He’s going to check in to a retirement home at 42. Of course, Demi will be too, but she’ll have less of a choice.

Merx says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

How about Brittney Spears coaching dance? Is dance considered a sport? More importantly would you trust her with your kids?

Clarence Swamptown says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

“would you trust her with your kids?”

If by “kids” you mean James Westphal and Dr. Kenneth Noisewater, then yes, yes I would.

/Brian Fantana

Stu says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:16 pm

Iowa State: the high school after high school.

/mst3k

Merx says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

“Iowa State: the high school after high school.”

I always thought that title belonged to St. Cloud St. No, wait, we refered to SCSU as 13th grade.

Michael Rand says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:20 pm

+1, Clarence.

lattewarrior says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:25 pm

A St. Cloud State University degree: 60 percent of the time it gets you a non-service industry-related job every time.

jama says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:37 pm

I think the only degree that should be available at SCSU should be in bartending. Well that or being able to go pro early in drinking games.

Paul Peter Paulos says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:41 pm

I’d like to watch Paris do a dismount, but I heard mounting is more her forte..

roughkat says:

September 10th, 2008 at 4:56 pm

Forte? I thought she had only been linked to Urlacher of the Bears? Talk about village bicycle.

Paul Peter Paulos says:

September 10th, 2008 at 5:12 pm

I never saw much in her…..though she sure tried showing alot.