Christmas Gag Gifts for a Coach

Coaches devote themselves to making a difference in the lives of young athletes. Whether they are school coaches paid to make the most of a team's talent or parents who volunteer their time to help kids in youth league soccer, basketball, baseball or football, coaches work hard and ask only that athletes do their best. Christmas is a great time to honor your coach. Before you give him a sweet, sentimental present, tease him a little with a gag gift to show your affection and appeal to his sense of humor.

  1. Shop

    • Because these gifts are just for laughs, you can be frugal when you buy them. Save the big bucks for a meaningful gift and look for the joke presents at local discount stores or go online for sports-related gag gifts. For your purposes as a gag gift hunter, dollar stores, party supply stores, personalized T-shirt and novelty stores and gag gift shops, as well as online outlets have the right price and a wide variety of products sure to get your coach laughing. Get a few team parents to chip in and boost your target price range.

    Winners

    • The coach is proud that he is having a winning season. If your team follows tradition and douses him with Gatorade after a winning game, go ahead and give him a case of the stuff for a Christmas gag gift, to let him know you think he's a winner all year long. Tell him he can pour it over his own head in the shower during the off-season. Buy your coach a rain poncho and tell him that you want him to be prepared for the next winning season and the many dowsings he's sure to experience.

    Screamers

    • Coaches need to shout directions out to players on the field, and sometimes coaches turn into screamers. That means a coach may lose his voice from time to time. Give your coach a Christmas gag gift of cough drops, lozenges or throat sprays. Buy a whole case if your coach gets laryngitis frequently. The cough drops are a little insurance for the team's success. Look for a toy megaphone for those times when he loses his voice. Give him a real megaphone or bullhorn if his voice is clearly loud, joking that you just can't hear him.

    Strategy

    • Some coaches take the job so seriously that they obsessively strategize during every waking moment. For a basketball coach, give him a toy hoop that fits over the back of a door or over a waste basket so he can think of winning shots while at home or work.Give the football coach a small toy table-top football game so he can practice winning strategies at home. For other coaches, go with a mini dry erase board, so that he can draw up plays anytime and in any place.