Bill Yoast

have an amazing way of showing how much respect players have for their teammates on and off the field. Walt Disney Pictures created an amazing film called “Remember the Titans” in 2000 that shows people how football created a bond between blacks and whites in a community where they were forced to merge together. The setting of the movie is in Alexandria, Virginia in 1971. The movie begins by telling the viewers that, “High school football is a way of life. It’s bigger than Christmas day (Remember the Titans, 2000).” An adorable young girl tells us in the beginning of the movie that her dad, coach Bill, coached in Alexandria. She explains to us that her dad is a hardworking man, and her mom left him. The movie…

federally mandated integration. The story is centered on Herman Boone, the African American football coach who is hired to replace the Titans Caucasian head coach Bill Yoast. Coach Yoast deliberated leaving after losing his position to Boone, however, the…

Overcoming the Odds Racism and discrimination have always been apart of societies unknown mysteries as social issues, which are still inconclusive today. As seen in the film, Remember the Titans, tension was always high between players of the opposing race at the start of the movie. Coach Herman Boone, played by none other than Denzel Washington, quickly changes the atmosphere around the football team and between the players of the opposite race, insisting they compromise or consequences will…

Remember the titans’ focuses on a football team of the separated T.C William School Alexandria Virginia in 1971, the white and black schools are integrated and so are the two school’s football teams. The very successful white football team head coach Bill Yoast is replaced as the head coach for the new integrated team, by an equally successful black coach Herman Boone. This action angers Yoast who contemplates advancing his careers elsewhere. However, he is prevailed upon by the white players…

One of the best known movies of this century, Remember the Titans, is a timeless classic that is continuously being featured all over the nation. The 2000 film, touched on a subject that has been and continues to be prevalent in our society since the founding of America, racism. The wildly successful film focuses on a newly racial integrated football team in a small town in Virginia. Based on a true story, an African American football coach, Herman Boone, is appointed as the new head coach in…

in Alexandria, Virginia. Bill Yoast is the head coach of a successful football team in Alexandria, Virginia. When two school districts are merged into one, Yoast is fired, and Herman Boone is hired as the new head football coach. He respectfully hires Yoast as the defensive assistant coach to make the transition of the football team smoother. Due to the racial tensions of this time, the merger of the two schools is filled with protest. Both black and white football players go to training camp.…

team say, “I don’t want to play with any of those black animals.” This was only the introduction to the one hundred and thirteen-minute movie. This is why the first major sociological concept that this paper concentrates on the most is racism. The film makes it very clear that racism was a huge problem in Virginia at that time. Now that T.C. Williams High School is experiencing integration, the Titans football team has to deal with integrating their football team and coaching staff. When coach…

Based on a true story set during the years of integration between the black and white students at T.C. Williams High School in Alexandria Virginia circa 1971. Remember the Titans tell of the famed Titans football team which was headed up that very same year by the team's first black coach, earnest family man Herman Boone. At first previous head Coach Bill Yoast Will Patton is upset to be put down as the assisting coach to Herman Boone’s. But just as Boone teaches his team how to get along and…

INTRODUCTION "Remember the Titans" The film takes place in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1971- a time of segregation. T.C. Williams High school football team has just become integrated and has received a new black head coach, Herman Boone. He took the job of head coach from Coach Bill Yoast. There are some racial tensions. Boone offers Bill Yoast a job as assistant coach and he accepts after the white players threaten to sit out the season. During football camp, the boys become better acquainted and…

“New Coach Heads Titan Football” While two high school are coming together as one, a problem arose. Coach Bill Yoast who was formally the head coach of Hammond High had been recently knocked down to assistant coach with the head coach position being taken by Herman Boone. Some of the community is shocked while others are glad for some change. Boone is described as a coach who respects all players and teaches them to work hard. The season will have to show us how good he really is.…