Bill Yoast, a former football coach who was famously portrayed in 'Remember the Titans,' has died at the age of 94.
CLOSECONNECTTWEETLINKEDINCOMMENTEMAILMOREBill Yoast, a former football coach at T.C. Williams High School who was famously portrayed in "Remember the Titans," has died at the age of 94.
His daughter, Dee Dee Fox, told The Washington Post that he died Thursday but did not provide a cause of death. The relationship between Yoast and Boone, who were portrayed by Will Patton and Denzel Washington, respectively, in "Remember the Titans," serves as the crux of the 2000 film. The Titans went on to win the Virginia state football championship that season, finishing the year with an undefeated record.
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