Paul Hines (football coach)

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Paul Lorenzo Hines is a beloved football coach and was the inspiration for Denzel Washington's character in the Disney film Remember the Titans.

[edit] Biography

He was born in Norfolk, Virginia to Isaiah and Lottie Hines. He attended Richard Allen Tucker Elementary School and graduated from Booker T. Washington High School, where he was inspired to become a coach.

He attended Norfolk State University, Virginia State College, and Virginia State University before finally graduating with a degree in physical education.

He took several coaching and teaching positions before he transferred to the Alexandria, Virginia school system where he taught for 29 years before retiring in 1999.

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