In 2005, Coach Joe Ellis made sports headlines when his Surry County, Virginia, Boys Basketball team won the first State Championship. Unfortunately he lost his battle with colon cancer 8 weeks later. "Going Out a Champion," the Coach Joe Ellis Story is a Cathy Irby Durant film, based on the novel written by Doris M. Ellis. A host of Hollywood a-list stars will be cast in this much anticipated film. Coming to theaters in 2015.—Cathy Irby Durant, Producer-Director

In 2005, Coach Joe Ellis made sports headlines when his Surry County, Virginia, Boys Basketball team won the first State Championship. Unfortunately he lost his battle with colon cancer 8 weeks later. "Going Out a Champion," the Coach Joe Ellis Story is a Cathy Irby Durant film, based on the novel written by Doris M. Ellis. A host of Hollywood a-list stars will be cast in this much anticipated film. Coming soon.