Coach Winters (James Caan) has some very talented football players who could win the season and allow him to keep his job, but their individual problems and weaknesses that could ruin the team. As long as they're winning, though, Coach is willing to overlook the steroid use, low academic scores and self-destructive behavior that are plaguing his team. Featuring Halle Berry, Omar Epps, Craig Sheffer and Kristy Swanson. At the time of its theatrical release, The Program gained notoriety for one scene in which the players lay down in the middle of the street to supposedly prove something about their courage and manliness. The scene in question was deleted when one teenager was killed and others injured while imitating the act.