second shooting<\/a> in two days at a school in Oakland. <\/p>\nThe Netflix docuseries focused on athletes at junior colleges striving to turn their lives around, and Beam\u2019s Laney College Eagles starred in the 2020 season. Beam gambled on players nobody else wanted. He developed deep relationships with his players while fielding a team that regularly competed for championships.<\/p>\n
Beam\u2019s family said in a statement that he was a \u201cloving husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, coach, mentor and friend.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOur hearts are full from the outpouring of love,\u201d the family said, asking for privacy.<\/p>\n
Piedmont Police Chief Fred Shavies, who previously served as a deputy chief in the Oakland Police Department said he was a friend, mentee and long time admirer of Beam. <\/p>\n
\u201cJohn was so much more than a coach,\u201d he said. \u201cHe was a father figure to thousands of not only men but young women in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hundreds of people held a vigil outside the hospital where he \u201cfought\u201d as he taught so many to do over the last 40 years, he added.<\/p>\n
Shavies said he met Beam when he was in the eighth grade and he supported him after Shavies lost his father in high school, calling him \u201can absolutely incredible human being.\u201d He asked how did Beam leave his mark on so many people \u201cwith just 24 hours in a day, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
Two of Beam\u2019s former players \u2014 brothers Nahshon and Rejzohn Wright, now in the NFL with the Chicago Bears and New Orleans Saints \u2014 posted on social media after the shooting. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean the world to me,\u201d Rejzohn Wright said in a post with a photo of Beam. <\/p>\n
His brother shared a photo of the coach alongside a broken heart emoji. <\/p>\n
Mayor Barbara Lee described Beam as a \u201cgiant\u201d and a mentor, educator and lifeline for young people.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor over 40 years, he has shaped leaders on and off the field, and our community is shaken alongside his family,\u201d Lee said. <\/p>\n
Beam, who was serving as athletic director, joined Laney College in 2004 as a running backs coach and became head coach in 2012, winning two league titles. According to his biography on the college\u2019s website, 20 of his players have gone on to the NFL. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe Peralta community is devastated by his shooting and deeply concerned for his well-being. We are stunned and heartbroken that such violence has touched our campus,\u201d Mark Johnson a spokesperson for Peralta Community College District said in an e-mailed statement on Beam\u2019s current medical status. <\/p>\n
Beam\u2019s shooting came a day after a student was shot at Oakland\u2019s Skyline High School. The student is in stable condition. Beam had previously worked at Skyline High School and the suspect had played football there but after Beam had already left for another job. <\/p>\n
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Catalini reported from Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Associated Press reporters Julie Watson in San Diego and Hannah Schoenbaum in Salt Lake City contributed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) \u2014 Laney College football coach John Beam, who was featured in the Netflix series \u201cLast…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291904,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[61648,2356,8850,1607,2662,3827,526,88,399,152911,793,7922,851,152910,152909,152186,32343,2971,217,1814,349,9644,22178,152908,4382,99,795],"class_list":["post-291903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-barbara-lee","tag-california","tag-chicago-bears","tag-college-football","tag-college-sports","tag-domestic-news","tag-education","tag-entertainment","tag-football","tag-fred-shavies","tag-general-news","tag-gun-violence","tag-inc","tag-james-beere","tag-john-beam","tag-local-news-for-apple","tag-mark-johnson","tag-national-basketball-association","tag-netflix","tag-new-orleans-saints","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-football","tag-oakland","tag-rejzohn-wright","tag-shootings","tag-sports","tag-u-s-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291904"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}