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      • No. As stated above, the real Jim White started teaching in the McFarland School District straight out of college in 1964. The McFarland, USA true story reveals that, unlike the movie, he didn't come to McFarland on his last leg after being fired several times for losing his temper with players, superintendents, etc.
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  2. Feb 22, 2015 · No, the real Coach Jim White actually started coaching cross country at McFarland High School in 1980. However, he had been a teacher in the McFarland School District since 1964, following his graduation from Pepperdine University.

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  4. Nov 29, 2020 · 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...

  5. Nov 22, 2022 · By 1986, Texas-born Coach Jim White, nicknamed Blanco by his Latino team, had built a locally dominant cross country team. Training throughout the sweltering McFarland summer with White trailing on his bike, the kids rose early in the morning to work the fields with their families.

  6. He started teaching in the McFarland school district after graduating from Pepperdine University in 1964. White taught different subjects at numerous grade levels (fifth-grade science, seventh and eighth-grade wood shop and PE) before starting his coaching career in 1980.

  7. Jan 2, 2024 · At the heart of the McFarland Cross Country Team of 1987 was their dedicated and inspiring coach, Jim White. A teacher at McFarland High School, Coach White not only imparted his knowledge of running but also instilled invaluable life lessons in his athletes.

  8. Jun 7, 2016 · The 2015 film “McFarland, USA” tells the true story of California high school cross-country coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) and his underdog team of Latino runners who had never competed in the sport before and who, when they weren’t training, had to help their parents pick crops in the fields.

  9. Feb 20, 2015 · I recently met Jim White, the legendary cross-country coach whose team inspired the new film, McFarland USA. Kevin Costner stars as Coach White, mentor to seven boys raised amidst the farms...

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