Article originally published in the Philadelphia Business Journal on October 12, 2015
Many leaders have a significant impact on the lives of others. One of these leaders was Jim White, cross country coach at McFarland High School, whose teams won nine California cross country state championships within 14 years.
White’s story is told in the 2015 film “McFarland USA.” This film was not nominated for any Academy Awards, but would have if “Inspirational Films” was a category. White was a coach who taught his athletes to believe in themselves when everyone else had low expectations of them.
McFarland, California, was an economically depressed community, populated by Mexican immigrants, many of whom worked in fields picking lettuce. The future of many of the children from these immigrant families was not bright, and very few went to college.
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