2013

TALKING FOOTBALL

ECCC Photo Herman Boone, the legendary head football coach at T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, Va.. and the inspiration behind the 2000 blockbuster movie Remember the Titans, addresses a packed Huff Audi1onum Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, on the East Central Community College campus 1n Decatur: Coach Boone said his 1971 state cham– pion Titans squad "broke the mold~ and showed the world how to become a "team" through adversity. The 1971 Titans were the first integrated team at the school, where controversy developed from the selection of Boone as head coach instead of a popular white coach. "The movie was not about football....but more about the importance of working together as a team to accomplish a goal," Coach Boone stated during his 90- minute presentation, which Included a clip from the movie starring two-time Academy Award winner Denzel Washington who portrayed Boone. Coach Boone later participated In a question and answer session led by ECCC President Dr. Billy Stewart. •

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