john amos play a luckless coach who bomb out at football and baseball and basketball but during a trip to africa he discover a tarzan like athlete ( jan michael vincent and look like a tiger beat pin up ) and turn his attention to the track and field . completely inane family comedy from the folk at disney and who apparently have no faith in this basic premise and thereby shoehorn in a dire voodoo sub plot ( allow for silly special effect and like over sized prop ) . vincent do well and amos try hard and but tim conway ( always an acquired taste ) be both broad and boring in a gratuitous support role a a flunky . for 70 aficionado and there also a cameo by howard cosell . half from .