The beloved Bay Area athletic coach, who stewarded the Laney College football team for more than four decades, was wounded in his office, according to a local councilman.

OAKLAND — Authorities arrested a suspect early Friday in the Laney College campus shooting of legendary Oakland football ...

A coach featured on the Netflix series “Last Chance U” was shot in a campus shooting. According to the Associated Press, John Beam was shot just before noon at Laney College in Oakland on Thursday. He ...

OAKLAND, Calif. — Laney College’s athletic director John Beam was shot on campus Thursday, the second shooting in two days at an Oakland school.

OAKLAND, Calif. (CNN) - A beloved former football coach was shot and injured Thursday on the campus of Laney College in ...

Bullets rang out Thursday afternoon at Laney College in Oakland, striking a legendary coach who spent 45 years shaping young ...

On Thursday, November 13, 2025, the athletics community at Laney College in Oakland was shaken when longtime football coach ...

John Beam, the current athletic director and former head coach of the Laney football team, was shot on campus on Thursday.

John Beam, the Laney College athletic director and former football coach who was featured in Netflix's "Last Chance U," was ...

Former Laney College football coach John Beam was in critical condition Friday, a day after he was shot on campus, and the shooter remained at large.

John Beam, Laney College coach featured in Netflix’s ‘Last Chance U,’ was shot on the Oakland campus Thursday. His condition ...

John Beam, Laney College’s athletic director and former head football coach, was shot on the Oakland campus Thursday, school ...