Paul L. Hines, 74, was assistant football coach of T.C. Williams High School - The Washington Post

Paul L. Hines, 74, was assistant football coach of T.C. Williams High School - The Washington Post: Paul L. Hines, who served as assistant football coach during the storied run of Alexandria’s T.C. Williams High School to the state championships and who later served as the team’s head coach, died March 31 at a rehabilitation facility in Riverdale. He was 74.

He had congestive heart failure, said his daughter, Paula Lonergan.

Mr. Hines, an impressive physical presence with a resonant voice and bulging arms that stretched the hems of his shirt sleeves, joined T.C. Williams as an assistant coach in 1971.

Under head coach Herman Boone, Mr. Hines helped the racially diverse team win the 1971 AAA state championship, a victory chronicled in the 2000 Disney movie “Remember the Titans.” (The film starred Denzel Washington as Boone and Gregory Alan Williams as Mr. Hines.) The team later won four district titles and two regional crowns.