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

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

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

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

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

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

Coach John Beam, who was featured on Last Chance U, died on Friday, hours after a suspect was arrested at a nearby bus stop.

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.