New Girl Scoop: Damon Wayans Jr. Promoted to Series Regular for Season 4

Coach is sticking around!

Damon Wayans, Jr. has been promoted to series regular for New Girl's fourth season, TVGuide.com has learned.

The actor first appeared in the pilot for the Fox comedy, but could not continue on the series because of his commitment to the now-canceled Happy Endings. Coach then moved out of the loft and was replaced by Lamorne Morris' Winston.

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Wayans was initially only signed on to return for a four-episode arc earlier this season before the show made him a special guest star for the remainder of Season 3, at which point Coach moved back into the loft. On Tuesday's season finale (9/8c, Fox), look for the deathly-afraid-of-boats Coach to struggle with joining Nick (Jake Johnson), Jess (Zooey Deschanel) and the gang on a cruise.

New Girl was renewed for a fourth season back in March. Watch the latest episode here.

Are you glad that Coach is sticking around?