John Beam, the legendary football coach who featured in Netflix’s Last Chance U series, is in critical condition after being shot in the head during an incident on Laney College campus in Oakland, according to NBC News. “From what I understand, it’s critical. It’s tense up there,” said Benjie Ross, who played college football under Beam in the 1980s, San Francisco Chronicle reported. Oakland Police declined to offer an update on Beam’s condition out of respect for his family, but said he was shot by a man in a black hoodie who fled the scene on Thursday. Beam, the athletics director at Laney College for more than four decades, was described as a father figure to thousands who “turned boys into men.” The championship-winning coach had “a way of connecting with young men,” which motivated th
Coach John Beam Who Featured in Netflix Show Shot on College Campus
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