Remember This Titan: The Bill Yoast Story: Lessons Learned from a Celebrated Coach's Journey As Told to Steve Sullivan

by Steve Sullivan

Bill Yoast is the real-life hero of Remember the Titans, the hit movie that chronicled the struggles of black and white high school football athletes to create a championship season in 1972 Virginia. A World War II veteran, Yoast helped to mold the lives of hundreds of men and women through his inspirational coaching style. Yoast offers his personal recollections from that now-immortalized season as well as the coaching philosophy he developed in over 30 years of his career.

178 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 29, 2005

Reviews

[Bill Yancey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of Platitudes: Coach Yoast was the head football coach my senior year, the only year I attended F. C. Hammond HS, 1964-65. We went 2-7-1. Not a good record. Also not mentioned in the book, even though he said he learned more from failure than success. He was a nice guy, but a different man when he was assistant coach at T. C. Williams. You can’t ignore the stabilizing effect he had on race relations during a turbulent period, but Coach Furman had a tougher time winning his championships at T. C. He didn’t have TWO varsity football teams to cull and combine into one super team.

[Matthew · Rating 4 out of 5]

Advice from a good man and great coach

If you're looking for the differences between the film "Remember the Titans" and the real life story, this isn't it. It doesn't even really touch deeply upon the subject or go into depth about players other than Bertier. However, it's a good read into a good man and a great coach. Well worth it.