<P> Varsity Blues is a 1999 American comedy - drama film directed by Brian Robbins that follows a small - town 5A high school football team and their overbearing coach through a tumultuous season . The players must deal with the pressures of adolescence and their football - obsessed community while having their hard coach on their back constantly . In the small ( fictional ) town of West Canaan , Texas , football is a way of life , and losing is not an option . </P>
when did the movie varsity blues come out
1999