Fame is not only fickle but weird, and being a California community-college football coach might be the least likely path to achieving it. It's a rough landscape: no scholarships, no dorms for players ...

When Damon Owens met football coach John Beam, he was a flailing sophomore at Oakland’s Skyline High School on the verge of dropping out. But the now-52-year-old credits Beam for changing the course ...

John Beam, a legendary football coach featured on Netflix's "Last Chance U" and the Laney College athletic director, has died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California campus, police ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Legendary Oakland football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series "Last Chance U", has died after being shot at Laney College, the Oakland Police Department ...

Former Laney College football coach and current athletic director John Beam died Friday a day after being shot on the school's Oakland campus, police said. He was 66. Beam, a beloved Oakland football ...

Former Laney College football coach John Beam died of gunshot wounds in what police say was a ‘targeted’ shooting. Suspect Cedric Irving, Jr., 27, was arrested in connection with Beam's death. Beam ...

John Beam, the athletic director and former head football coach at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., who was featured on Netflix’s “Last Chance U” show in 2020, died Friday after being shot in the ...

OAKLAND — John Beam, the legendary football coach who shaped multiple generations of student athletes, anchoring Oakland’s sports community and becoming a respected leader at Laney College, died from ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Oakland police have arrested a suspect in Thursday’s shooting of Laney College athletic director and legendary ...

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Celebrated former football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series "Last Chance U" that showcased the connections he made with players others wouldn't gamble on, has ...

Retired “Last Chance U” football coach John Beam died Friday in Northern California and a suspect was arrested in connection with the fatal shooting at Laney College in Oakland, authorities said. The ...

Coach John Beam was featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U." Legendary former football coach John Beam died on Friday morning after he was shot on the Laney College campus in Oakland, California, on ...