The film is set in the 70s. The court orders three high schools to integrate their student bodies and faculty members. Long time coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) is made to step down while the first Afro American Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) is hired as coach. He is also the school?s first black faculty member. Watch the film to see how Herman is determined to put a winning team on the field...

The film is set in the 70s. The court orders three high schools to integrate their student bodies and faculty members. Long time coach Bill Yoast (Will Patton) is made to step down while the first Afro American Herman Boone (Denzel Washington) is hired as coach. He is also the school?s first black faculty member. Watch the film to see how Herman is determined to put a winning team on the field despite the distrust the team members have for him and for one another.