《麦克法兰》根据1987年的真实故事改编，科斯特纳扮演的教练来到一个穷困无比，尘土飞扬，居民多为拉美裔的农业小镇，将那里的高中生们变成越野赛跑健将，给自己，也给小镇带来希望。A struggling coach and teacher who has had to move around for different incidents in his career finally comes to one of the poorest cities in America: McFarland, California. There he discovers buried potential in several high school boys and slowly turns them into championship runners and brings them closer than even he could ever imagine.