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Feb 22, 2015 · Yes. The McFarland, USA true story confirms that at first, the mother of the Diaz brothers -- David, Damacio and Danny -- forbid them from competing. She eventually concluded that it was good for them as long as they still worked.
Based on the true story of a 1987 cross country team from a mainly Latino high school in McFarland, California, the film stars Kevin Costner as Jim White, the school's coach, who leads the team to win a state championship. [4]
- Coach Jim White
- 1987 State Championships
- 1988
- Fact vs. Fiction
Jim White attended Franklin High in Stockton and Magic Valley Christian community college in Idaho before completing his education at Pepperdine. He was a baseball player, a pitcher, in high school and in college. In 1964, after graduating from Pepperdine, White was hired to teach middle school science in McFarland. He later taught woodshop and phy...
Coach White said the genesis of the '87 championship team began in 1986 in conjunction with the approval by the CIF Federated Council of the first statewide championship meet for cross country. "We were a very good team in 86," White said. "We ran at Mt. SAC and everywhere we could find competition that could make us better. We knew we had the pote...
Despite a strong group returning from the '87 championship team, McFarland only placed fifth in 1988. Samaniego was 17th, Puentes 26th, Cardenas 37th, Damacio Diaz 43rd and Danny Diaz was 85th. What happened? White said he left Stockton to visit his parents for Thanksgiving. Durning the season, the boys are not supposed to play basketball. "As soon...
The film does an excellent job of capturing the essence of the challenges of the small migrant farming community but not everything on the big screen is quite like it happened in real life. Did the boys have to get up with the sun to work in the fields only to return later in the day to train there? Yes. Did they run over piles of almonds to simula...
Feb 18, 2015 · In the making for 15 years, Jim White wanted to share the true story of the 1987 novice runners from McFarland, an economically challenged town in California’s farm-rich Central Valley, as they give their all to build a cross-country team under his direction.
Feb 27, 2015 · The film is based on the true story of a small Central California high school coach that took an unlikely group of immigrant students and transformed them into a distance-running dynasty,...
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Mar 2, 2015 · But like any movie based or inspired by a true story, not everything in “McFarland, USA” is literally true. The scenes of the state race are the most prominent for Johnny Ortiz, the actor...
The live-action Disney film is based on the inspirational true story of Coach White and his small town California team of high school runners who overcome all obstacles to realize their running potential thanks to Coach White’s guidance and training, illustrating the power to succeed was within them all along.
