Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL

Go inside the high-stakes world of those who dare to lead the game they love to play. Pro football insiders take audiences behind the headlines on their thrilling American adventure in the coaching profession, where your calling is also your job, and the jobs, at the pinnacle of sport, are few. As with the elite athletes they mentor, teach, and train, opportunity is a linchpin that holds a decades-long career together or unravels dreams, even as they work to make the dreams of others come true.

Directed by Tarana Harris Mayes, Better Than They Found It: Black Coaches Who Shaped the Modern NFL leans on a strong ensemble — Sterling K. Brown, Tony Dungy, Paul Tagliabue — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.

The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 0.