History YMMV / CoachCarter

* HarsherInHindsight: One of Ken's speeches is about how he doesn't want his students to turn to crime after they leave school. Channing Tatum's next film after this was ''Film/AGuideToRecognizingYourSaints'' where he plays a thug who [[spoiler: eventually goes to prison for murder]].
* HilariousInHindsight: The "are you a madam?" exchange between Ken and Jason is amusing if you look at the amount of times Channing Tatum has cross-dressed as a joke.

** Years before her Oscar win in ''Film/TheHelp'' and her role as Johanna in the ''{{Literature/Divergent}}'' franchise, Octavia Spencer has a small role as Mrs Battle.

* TearJerker: While out with his cousin one night, Cruz witnesses a deal going wrong and his cousin getting shot dead. Who does he go to? Ken. He begs to be allowed back on the team, and you remember that this is just a scared teenager who has just witnessed a family member getting murdered.

* AwardSnub: Samuel L. Jackson was expected to get a Best Actor nomination, but it never came to pass.

* OneSceneWonder: Octavia Spencer as the formidable Mrs. Battle; she gets one big scene where she convinces Ken to let Junior back on the team, and shows she's not blind to her child's flaws when--after Ken's outlined what he needs to do to get back on the team--she leads him outside saying "yes you ''will''..."

** Creator/AntwonTanner as Jaron “Worm” Willis. Whilst he had a minor recurring role on ''Series/OneTreeHill'' prior to the film’s release, his role became more prominent afterwards, even going do far as becoming a series regular.

** Ashanti turns in a surprisingly heartfelt performance as a pregnant teenage girl.
** While Samuel L. Jackson's acting talents have never been in doubt, he earned a lot of respect for doing something slightly different from his usual routine and establishing his dramatic credentials.
* TearJerker: While out with his cousin one night, Cruz witnesses a deal going wrong and his cousin getting shot dead. Who does he go to? Ken. He begs to be allowed back on the team, and you remember that this is just a scared teenager who has just witnessed a family member getting murdered.

* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped:
** Samuel L. Jackson himself felt this about Kyra's storyline, showing that having a baby is a huge responsibility and it won't be "a little doll, like a lot of girls think it will be." The movie also subverts [[spoiler: GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion without demonizing Kyra for it]].
** Minor scene but the movie also subverts NWordPrivileges. Ken orders two boys to stop using it during practice, showing that such a slur is still wrong to say, even if the person is black themselves.

** Antwon Tanner as Jaron “Worm” Willis. Whilst he had a minor recurring role on ''Series/OneTreeHill'' prior to the film’s release, his role became more prominent afterwards, even going do far as becoming a series regular.

** While Samuel L Jackson's acting talents have never been in doubt, he earned a lot of respect for doing something slightly different from his usual routine and establishing his dramatic credentials.

** Samuel L Jackson himself felt this about Kyra's storyline, showing that having a baby is a huge responsibility and it won't be "a little doll like a lot of girls think it will be." The movie also subverts [[spoiler: GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion without demonizing Kyra for it]].

* OneSceneWonder: Octavia Spencer as the formidable Mrs Battle. She gets one big scene where she convinces Ken to let Junior back on the team, and shows she's not blind to her child's flaws when - after Ken has outlined what he needs to do to get back on the team - she leads him outside saying "yes you ''will''..."

* AwardSnub: Samuel L. Jackson was expected to get a Best Actor nomination but it didn't materialise.

* AwardSnub: Samuel L Jackson was expected to get a Best Actor nomination but it didn't materialise.

* CounterpartComparison: Inevitably gets compared to ''Film/RememberTheTitans'' due to both being about black high school coaches.

* SheReallyCanAct: