Herman Boone, the T.C. Williams High School football head coach who was portrayed by Denzel Washington in “Remember the Titans,” has died at age 84.
The news was confirmed by T.C. Williams High School Football Boosters:
According to the school, Boone died just weeks after making a guest appearance at the annual ACPS Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Boone came to Alexandria, Va., from North Carolina as T.C.’s first black head coach. He worked with Bill Yoast, the equally legendary coach at the all-white Francis C. Hammond High School who had been hired as defensive coach at T.C. Williams High School.
The two pulled together to solidify a diverse group of students into Virginia’s most successful football team that year.
Yoast and Boone’s relationship brought together the divided city to support their winning integrated school team.
The two coaches both died this year, seven months apart.
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