He is a teacher, mentor and also a football, basketball and baseball coach. He began his career as a coach at two different high schools in North Carolina and Virginia. In 1969, in Williamston, North Carolina, Herman Boone learned that the town was uncomfortable with a black head coach for his local high school football team. That being said, Herman then accepted a position as an assistant coach at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, Virginia. “In 1971, the city of Alexandria decided to fully integrate its school system and named Herman as its first consolidated head football coach, rather than a legendary white coach with many years of seniority and a loyal following throughout the city” (“71 Original Titans”). At the start of that season, Herman took the boys to a football camp in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania; and throughout the journey he forced the young men to do everything as one team. This meant that every room had whites and blacks together, that they had to eat every meal together, and do exercises and workouts together. Not only did it change the perspectives the young men had on each other, but it also brought them together to give them the potential for a successful season ("Spiritually and Practically"). That year, Herman Boone managed to gather a team of black and white athletes and form them into one team. He proved, not only to his youth team