The White family embraces the culture of McFarland. They live in town, not outside it, as many of the school’s teachers and coaches do. They host Quinceañera for their oldest daughter.

Retired McFarland High School cross country coach Jim White speaks with joy in his voice in a phone interview from Hollywood, where they had an advance screening of Disney’s McFarland, USA, a ...

White, 73, who retired from coaching McFarland High’s cross-country team a decade ago but still shows up for practices, scratches his tanned jaw, glances over at the team’s current coach, then ...

Actor Kevin Costner plays Coach Jim White in Disney's movie "McFarland%2C USA." White began the cross country program in McFarland which has turned into a dynasty. Under his guidance%2C McFarland ...

Only “Jim White, Coach, McFarland, CA.” Inside were checks for $20, $100, $500 and one for $1,000 for the high school cross-country team in this poor farm town.

Heading to Burbank for a private Disney screening of the Kevin Costner film about the 1987 McFarland State Championship cross-country team are, from left, Damacio Diaz, coach Jim White, Thomas ...

In 1987, football coach Jim White (Kevin Costner) loses his job at a high school for losing his temper and throwing a shoe at a kid. It wasn't the first time. He is hired by the high school in ...

I’m from McFarland and I’m proud to be from McFarland." Puentes joined the McFarland cross country team as a freshman, after Coach Jim White showed up at his house and asked if he was ...

The boys from McFarland were the unlikely champs of California cross-country. Their story is extraordinary not only for their athletic achievement, but for what they had to overcome to even be in ...

Former McFarland High School cross country coach Jim White poses on a walkway bridge over Highway 99 in the northern Kern County city on the eve of the premiere for “McFarland, USA.” ...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "McFarland, USA" (opening Friday) tells the true story of <strong>Jim White,</strong> a down-on-his luck high school coach ...

Context: McFarland is a city known to many Americans as the setting for the 2015 Disney movie, "McFarland, USA," starring Kevin Costner as real-life Jim White, a coach who takes a group of poor ...