Coach (Super Mario Galaxy)

"Nice job on the test! But... are you even one of my students?"

- Coach

Coach is a tall black penguin similar to Penguru from Super Mario Galaxy and Super Mario Galaxy 2. He is a swimming instructor from the Beach Bowl Galaxy in Super Mario Galaxy, who gives advice as to the location of one of the Power Stars in that area. He can be found teaching the other penguins how to use a shell to improve their swimming. He may be the same penguin that leads Manta ray-surfing in the Loopdeloop Galaxy and Loopdeswoop Galaxy, but that is not certain.

''Super Mario Galaxy
The Coach first appeared in Super Mario Galaxy in Loopdeloop Galaxy. He later appeared in Beach Bowl Galaxy, Sea Slide Galaxy and Loopdeswoop Galaxy.

Coach is the instructor of his own swimming class in the Beach Bowl Galaxy. He appears in all of the missions, though his roles are more or less minimal. In the first mission, he tells Mario that his students are being distracted by sparkly things (Star Chips). In the second mission, he offers Mario a chance to get a Power Star if he collects a Gold Shell and brings it to him. In the third mission, the Penguins have no swimming classes and the Coach tells Mario not to break the wall to the undersea cavern.

The Coach is also the instructor of Ray Surfing in Loopdeloop Galaxy and Loopdeswoop Galaxy. If Mario manages to surf on Ray to the end of the water course, he is then awarded with a Power Star.

The Coach also appears in the Super Mario Galaxy Trading Cards.

Super Mario Galaxy 2
Coach appears in Super Mario Galaxy 2, in Cosmic Cove Galaxy. This time, however, the bands on his arms are blue, not red. Other than that, he looks the same.