The Mighty Macsis a 2009 film by director Tim Chambers. It stars Carla Gugino in the lead role of Cathy Rush , a Hall of Fame women's basketball coach. The film premiered in the 2009 Heartland Film Festival and was released theatrically in the United States on October 21, 2011 through indie film label Freestyle Releasing .

In 1971, Cathy Rush , a woman ahead of her time, takes a job as the head women's basketball coach at Immaculata College . Rush faces a challenge of trying to compete against perennial powerhouses. Seven members of the 1972 Immaculata championship team appear as nuns in a church scene.