The career of football coach Jerome Evans, who served from 1970 to 1976, is documented in the book "Black Coach" by Pat Jordan (published by Dodd Mead of New York in 1971), which also documents related racial tensions in the community at that time. A graduate of North Carolina Central University, Evans was appointed as head coach in the fall of 1970 during the period of integration. He was briefly alluded to in the film "Remember the Titans" (which tells the story of a football team at another Williams High School, located in Virginia).