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Team. It's not a documentary. It's based on a true story, but not everything's very factual, but it's still an enjoyable movie. I didn't do some of the things they had me doin' in there, but that's alright, that's Hollywood. We developed a program. Did I do it that way, no, but it's okay in the movie. It turned out fine. Jim White, September 2.
Prep. Cal. Track. Questioning the Story: Did Jim White really start coaching at Mc. Farland High School in 1. No, the real Coach Jim White actually started coaching cross country at Mc. Farland High School in 1. However, he had been a teacher in the Mc. Farland School District since 1.
Pepperdine University. Back then, Mc. Farland was largely white demographically.
He retired in 2. 00. The movie pushes up his arrival and coaching position at Mc. Farland to 1. 98. California had a state championship). From left to right: Thomas Valles, Victor Puentes, Damacio Diaz, Johnny Samaniego, Jose Cardenas, Danny Diaz, Coach Jim White.
Had Jim White really been fired from several prior teaching jobs? No. As stated above, the real Jim White started teaching in the Mc. Farland School District straight out of college in 1. The Mc. Farland, USA true story reveals that, unlike the movie, he didn't come to Mc. Farland on his last leg after being fired several times for losing his temper with players, superintendents, etc. His first teaching position in the district was instructing fifth grade science, which he did for nine years.
He then taught seventh and eighth grade woodshop and PE for 1. Mc. Farland Middle School, and then switched to just teaching PE and coaching the high school cross country team.
Congressional Record, V. Pt. 1. 2Did Jim White really create a cross country team at Mc. Farland? Not exactly.
Jim White restarted the program in 1. However, he did rebuild the boys and girls cross country programs from the ground up. Congressional Record, V. Pt. 1. 2Does Jim White really have two daughters?
The real Jim White and wife Cheryl White actually have three daughters, Tami, Julie and Jami. Julie and Jami are depicted in the Mc.
Farland, USA movie. They are portrayed to be 1. All three girls graduated with degrees in education from Lubbock Christian University in Lubbock, Texas; Tami in 1.
Julie in 1. 98. 8, and Jami in 1. LCU. edu. Did the kids really nickname Jim White "Blanco"? Yes. Inspired by the irony of his last name, "Blanco" was one of the nicknames that the kids and their families gave Jim White. LA Times. Is Mc. Farland High School really located across the street from a prison? Mc. Farland High School is actually just down the road from the Central Valley Correctional Facility, not across the street. Though it is very close, Jim White likely wouldn't have had a clear view of it from his classroom window, as a street of homes separates the school's athletic fields from the prison grounds. Did Coach White really follow the boys on a bicycle?
Yes. A 1. 99. 7 LA Times article described it as a rickety, worn bicycle, but did not state that it was a girl's bicycle like in the movie. However, similar to the film, Jim White had never been a runner himself and used the bike to follow the team during their workouts. The real Jim White (left) in the 1. Kevin Costner as Coach White in the Mc. Farland, USA movie. Were the Diaz brothers really forbidden by their mother from competing? Yes. The Mc. Farland, 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. Bakersfield. Californian. Did Coach White really help the kids work in the fields? Yes. To make up for the time they couldn't work in the fields due to cross country practice, Jim White would sometimes give his time to them by helping them pick in the fields.
Sometimes I helped them work in the fields," says the real Coach Jim White, "but more importantly, I had practice at a different time. If one or two of those boys couldn't make practice at four o'clock 'cause they're just gettin' in from work, then I might practice at 6 or 7 o'clock with those boys. So I'd have two practices." - KGET 1. Were their opponents really snobby rich kids who looked down on them? Likely not. Local photojournalist John Harte, who followed the team at the time, says that he witnessed opposing teams offer genuine handshakes of good luck. This included members of the Bakersfield High Drillers. In the least, such scenes seem to have been exaggerated by the filmmakers.
Did Coach White really take the team to the beach? Yes. However, it happened a little differently than in the movie. The real Coach Jim White took both the boys and girls cross country teams to the California central coast beach at Cayucos during the 1. It was indeed the first time that many of the kids ever saw the ocean.
John Harte. Did they really hold community fundraisers? Yes, and at times the White family paid for new shoes and clothing for the team out of their own pockets. On one occasion, Mrs. Diaz made 2. 00 dozen tamales to send the team to Asia.
Coach White took the orders and delivered them. KGET 1. 7Did Coach White rescue Thomas Valles when he was thinking about jumping off an overpass? Yes. Like in the movie, Thomas Valles went to an overpass above Highway 9.
I was standing there. I didn't want to go home," says Thomas. I can't say I was going to jump, but I was thinking about my life and why some people would jump.
All of a sudden I saw these headlights and it was Mr. White in his '5. 9 Chevy." Coach White called Thomas over.
He got into the truck and began to talk with Coach White about his difficulties at home. LA Times The real Thomas Valles (left) in 1. Carlos Pratts (right), in the Mc. Farland, USA movie.
Was Danny Diaz really overweight as a kid? No. Danny Diaz was not overweight, but he was the seventh runner on the team. His performance at the 1. Mc. Farland lock up the title. ABC News. How many state titles did Mc. Farland win? The Mc. Farland, USA true story supports that Mc.
Farland High School won nine CIF California State Championships in cross country (including five in a row) and held a streak of attending the state championship meet 2. That streak ended while the movie was in production, after the small school was elevated to Division I status, a byproduct of their success.
They were cross country state champs in 1. Were all of the runners from the 1. No. Director Niki Caro chose to omit Luis Partida, who in the movie is replaced with David Diaz.
Niki Caro wanted to show more family in the movie so they chose me," says the real David Diaz, who actually graduated during the school year before the first state title win. David is represented in the Mc. Farland, USA movie along with two of his brothers, Damacio and Danny.
Did a lot of Coach White's runners really go on to college? Yes. Dozens of Coach Jim White's runners ended up going to college or into the armed forces. All seven Diaz children went to college and all seven returned to Mc. Farland where they live today. Many of White's former runners credit him with inspiring them to achieve personal and career goals they would have otherwise deemed impossible (People. Some, like David Diaz, became teachers themselves. Thomas Valles went on to become a prison guard (LA Times).
Was the movie filmed in Mc. Farland? Yes. Primary filming took place in Mc. Farland, California in 2.
Many of the citizens of Mc. Farland were extras in the movie. KGET 1. 7 Kevin Costner (left) and the real Jim White (right) stand outside Mc. Farland High School in Mc. Farland, California. Coach Jim White Interview & the Diaz Family Looks Back.
Learn more about the Mc. Farland, USA true story by watching the Jim White interview below. Also, take a closer look at the Diaz family, who had seven children run for Mc.
Farland. WATCH Coach Jim White Interview. Prep. Cal. Track. Jim White. interview. The legendary former Mc. How I Met Your Mother Streaming Episode 17 on this page. Farland. cross country coach talks about what it.