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Head coach from Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ dead at 66 after being shot in head
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:45 pm
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:45 pm
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John Beam, the athletic director and former head football coach at Laney College in Oakland, Calif., who was featured on Netflix’s “Last Chance U” show in 2020, died Friday after being shot in the head on campus Thursday.
He was 66 years old.
Beam was described as being in critical condition following the shooting — with 27-year-old Cedric Irving Jr. being taken into custody Friday morning — before being pronounced dead Friday at 10 a.m.,
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Assistant police chief James Beere described it as a “very targeted incident,” and while Beam and Irving weren’t close, the pair knew each other and Beam was “open to helping everybody in our community,” Beere added.
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Irving played at Skyline High School, where Beam coached for 22 years (including 17 as head coach), but Irving did not play for Beam, according to Beere. The shooting occurred around noon on the Laney campus Thursday, and the suspect was arrested around 3 a.m. on Friday morning, according to ABC7 News. Beere said Irving was known to “loiter” around Laney’s campus.
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Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:48 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Damn that is sad, I just started watching that season recently. Coach Beam seemed like a great man.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 5:51 pm to LSUTANGERINE
quote:in the uh, community, i've noticed there are a lot of former high school football players who either didn't make it to college or flamed out quickly who end up being the biggest fricking losers on the planet. they'll be like 25 still trying to "make it" in football.
Irving played at Skyline High School, where Beam coached for 22 years (including 17 as head coach), but Irving did not play for Beam, according to Beere. The shooting occurred around noon on the Laney campus Thursday, and the suspect was arrested around 3 a.m. on Friday morning, according to ABC7 News. Beere said Irving was known to “loiter” around Laney’s campus.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:17 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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in the uh, community, i've noticed there are a lot of former high school football players who either didn't make it to college or flamed out quickly who end up being the biggest fricking losers on the planet. they'll be like 25 still trying to "make it" in football.
You know Imma make that NFL squad one day. Don't even trip.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:21 pm to GreatLakesTiger24
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who either didn't make it to college or flamed out quickly who end up being the biggest fricking losers on the planet. they'll be like 25 still trying to "make it" in football.
Saints ambassador, former all-pro, and Pro Bowler Michael Lewis says hello.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:42 pm to O
What an idiotic comparison
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:45 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Last time I was in Oakland (last summer) I got partially pepper sprayed after a homeless loser melted down and started attacking a Walgreens security guard where I was getting some keto snackies.
Def the worst city Ive ever visited with apologies to Jackson and Shreveport
Def the worst city Ive ever visited with apologies to Jackson and Shreveport
Posted on 11/14/25 at 6:57 pm to LSUTANGERINE
His brother Jim is asking to be left alone.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:21 pm to LSUTANGERINE
Probably didn't put respek on that man's name
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:26 pm to LSUTANGERINE
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We need guns off our streets now.
Def the gun's fault, not the mentally ill/thug wasteland culture of Oakland.
Posted on 11/14/25 at 7:58 pm to LSUTANGERINE
The shooter was commit to Norte Dame when Brian Kelly was there... For some reason he de-committed... Did he play any college football?
Posted on 11/14/25 at 8:16 pm to LSUTANGERINE
America is a crime-riddled, shithole country… Get out while you still can .
Posted on 11/14/25 at 8:23 pm to Athis
quote:Different hometown, age, and spelling
The shooter was commit to Norte Dame when Brian Kelly was there... For some reason he de-committed... Did he play any college football?
This post was edited on 11/14/25 at 8:24 pm
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