In 2003, Bill followed CAH employee and fraternity brother Jim Tipton to volunteer at Memphis’ inner city Manassas High School in an effort to turn its underperforming football team around. Today, Bill still operates as the President and CEO of Classic American Hardwoods overseeing its day to day operations.
Q. Is Undefeated on Netflix a true story?
Martin, Undefeated is the real-life version of NBC’s acclaimed drama Friday Night Lights—albeit twice as poignant. The film chronicles the 2009 high-school football season of the Manassas Tigers, a ragtag bunch of inner-city black kids from a destitute section of Memphis that used to be the crime capital of America.
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Q. Where is Chavis Daniels now?
Three days a week, Chavis Daniels can be found on the football field behind MLK Prep in North Memphis. The 27-year-old is the founder of the North Memphis Steelers. The North Memphis Steelers is a youth sports and mentoring program.
Q. Who is the coach in Undefeated?
Coach Bill Courtney
Discipline and Perseverance Coach Bill Courtney is a familiar name to those who have seen him in Undefeated – the Oscar Winning movie about the high school team he coached in a downtrodden section of North Memphis.
Q. Is the defeated a true story?
The Defeated is more ‘inspired by’ history than based on actual incidents. Although “The Defeated” is fictional, post-World War II Berlin was a real time and place, a city dealing with the destruction it suffered during the war.
Q. Did OC Brown graduate from college?
Austin Peay State University
The University of Southern Mississippi
O.C. Brown/College
Q. Where did money from undefeated go to college?
the University of Mississippi
The epilogue states that Chavis went on to become captain of the defense for Manassas, O. C. and Money both attended the University of Mississippi as a football player and a football manager respectively, and that Coach Courtney went on to coach football at his children’s’ school.
Q. Did Manassas win a playoff game?
During the team meeting, Coach Courtney hands out an “uncommon man” award to Chavis for his performance in the previous game. The team cheers for them both. Manassas wins against Kingsbury 27-16, thus earning them the district championship and an entry into the state playoffs.
Q. Is the defeated worth watching?
The Defeated makes for compelling, binge-worthy viewing. [Taylor Kitsch’s] presence in The Defeated transforms the show from something intriguing to something that could either get really good or go south in a hurry.
