Archive · 29 Oct 2025
Ray Romano Joins Netflix's 'Running Point' Season 2
A famous TV star, Ray Romano, is joining a show on Netflix called 'Running Point'.
He will play a new character named Coach Norm Stinson in the second season.
This character used to be a great basketball coach but now lives alone.
He will work with another character, played by Kate Hudson, to find his passion for basketball and life again.
Ray Romano is taking over this role from another actor, and the character is being changed a bit.
Ray Romano is known for being in the show 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and for being the voice of Manny the mammoth in the 'Ice Age' movies.
Ray Romano has been cast in a major recurring role for Season 2 of Netflix's 'Running Point'.
Romano will play Coach Norm Stinson, a basketball savant turned social recluse.
He replaces Robert Townsend in the role, and the character has been reconceived with reshoots underway.
In the series, Kate Hudson plays Isla Gordon, who becomes president of the Los Angeles Waves basketball franchise.
Romano is known for his Emmy-winning role in 'Everybody Loves Raymond' and voicing Manny in 'Ice Age'.
- Who
- Emmy winner Ray Romano
- What
- Tapped for a major recurring role as coach Norm Stinson in the second season
- When
- Upcoming second season
- Where
- Netflix's 'Running Point'
- Why
- To play a basketball savant turned social recluse who teams up with Isla (Kate Hudson) to re-discover his love for the game and life.
Original Casting
Recasting
Actor for Coach Norm Stinson
Original Casting
Robert Townsend was originally cast as coach Norm Stinson.
Recasting
Ray Romano has been tapped for the role, replacing Robert Townsend, and the character has been reconceived.
- Actor Recasting
- Ray Romano replaces Robert Townsend.
- New Role
- Coach Norm Stinson
- Show
- Running Point
- Platform
- Netflix
- Season
- 2
- Romano's Past Work
- Everybody Loves Raymond, Ice Age movies, No Good Deed