High school coach Jim White transformed his community through ... whose story inspired the new movie McFarland, USA, starring Kevin Costner, tells PEOPLE. “I just always wanted to do the best ...

Actor Kevin Costner plays Coach Jim White in Disney's movie "McFarland%2C USA." White began the cross country program in McFarland which has turned into a dynasty. Under his guidance%2C McFarland ...

Cast of McFarland USA movie reminisce on their upbringing and speak on what it means to them and the messages they want to ...

By Patrick Shanley Based on the true story of McFarland High School’s 1987 cross country team, Kevin Costner stars coach Jim White, a man who ends up at a predominantly Latino school in ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — “McFarland, USA” (opening Friday) tells the true story of Jim White, a down-on-his luck high school coach whose temper led him to lose job after job. In the late ...

The most delightful scenes in McFarland, USA are not the races but the ones ... So when Caro introduces the real Coach White and the runners at the end of the film, the transition doesn't feel ...

Kevin Costner plays a high school track coach, so right off we ... Based on a true story, “McFarland, USA” gives us the story of Jim White (Costner), who begins the film at a career low ...

Former McFarland High School cross country coach Jim White poses on a walkway bridge over Highway 99 in the northern Kern County city on the eve of the premiere for “McFarland, USA.” ...

At the start of the heartening, family-enticing drama “McFarland, USA,” football coach Jim White is trying to motivate a high-school football team that’s getting whipped. Played by Kevin ...

What makes McFarland USA so successful ... but the experience of that melody is open to interpretation. Coach White and his team are able to honor the National Anthem from their own perspectives ...

Genaro Molina Los Angeles Times file The first time I saw the trailer for the new movie “McFarland, USA,” I couldn ... But the coach is white.” “What’s his name?” ...

By Patrick Shanley Based on the true story of McFarland High School’s 1987 cross country team, Kevin Costner stars coach Jim White, a man who ends up at a predominantly Latino school in ...