Police in Oakland, California, say Laney College football coach John Beam, known from Netflix's “Last Chance U,” has died ...

John Beam, a football coach featured on Netflix's "Last Chance U" and the Laney College athletic director, has died, one day ...

"Last Chance U" coach and Laney College athletic director John Beam died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California ...

Laney College football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series “Last Chance U”, has died after being shot on ...

John Beam, who died Friday after being shot a day earlier, was Oakland sports royalty, a coach who uplifted thousands of ...

A legendary longtime football coach, John Beam, died after he was shot on Nov. 13, 2025 at Laney College in Oakland. Oakland ...

A light and a legend might have been taken from the Oakland and Bay Area community, but the legacy of coach John Beam will live on through the lives of the people he touched and impacted.