Remember the Titans is a 2000
American sports film produced by
Jerry Bruckheimer and
Chad Oman and directed by
Boaz Yakin. Inspired by real events, the plot was conceived from a screenplay written by
Gregory Allen Howard. The film starts as a new coach of the Titans, a football team previously coached by the white
Bill Yoast, begins coaching the team. The new coach,
Herman Boone, is a black man, and his team is a mixture of black players and white players. The struggles that arise from the racial diversity are profound. Actor
Will Patton portrays Bill Yoast, making a transition to help out Boone as an assistant coach. The portrayal of real life athletes
Gerry Bertier and
Julius Campbell appears within the integrated storyline.
Kip Pardue and
Kate Bosworth also star in principal roles.