Taye Diggs

The actor has left the series, based on the show's Feb. 13 episode.

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Taye Diggs' time on 'All-American' is over. After four seasons, he's leaving the show, which was a "mutual" decision. Fans want to know why he's departing.

[Nkechi Okoro Carroll](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1847170/) said in February 2023 that she always knew his booming career would limit Taye’s time on the show. [Jabari (Simeon Dase)](https://www.instagram.com/simeondaise/?hl=en) was still on the bus. “We were so incredibly lucky to have Taye Diggs be part of this production from day one, so one of the things that we’d always talked about was, we have no idea of how long we would be able to hold on to him. She added: “Even though it was so far in advance, I already knew that whenever it would happen, that this was how I was going to do it. Nkechi said his biological children, Jordan and Olivia(Samantha Logan), and Spencer didn’t get to say goodbye to him as they would’ve liked, which will impact them in future episodes. Despite Jordan and Grace begging Billy to stay and get the authorities to help Jabari, the local hero rushed to his athlete’s side. The bus ride home was interrupted by a crash, which caused the team to exit the bus. 13 episode, [“Time,”](https://www.tvfanatic.com/2023/02/watch-all-american-online-season-5-episode-11/) viewers may have to go without the beloved Beverly Hills High coach. [Taye’s Billy Baker](https://www.distractify.com/p/how-did-billy-baker-die-all-american). 11, he chose to stay as the school’s coach, and they celebrated at the Crenshaw combine. [All-American](https://www.distractify.com/t/all-american) changed its trajectory. Earlier in the season, Billy considered taking a coaching job at BAU and leaving his beloved team.

Taye Diggs has exited All American after a five-season run. Find out what happened to his character in the latest episode and why he's leaving the show.

I had done all that I could and this chapter had kind of closed and I was willing to try something else." "When I was told how I was exiting, I was impressed. At a combine — where the coach is joined by Spencer; his son, Jordan (Michael Evans Behling); and his old Beverly Hills High team — and throughout the episode, many of the characters question Billy's decision to leave the school. Everyone exits and things seem OK, until Billy later hops back onto the bus, which is barely hanging on, to save his student Jabari Long (Simeon Daise), trapped inside. From recruiting Spencer James (Daniel Ezra) as a star player at Beverly Hills High School, which started the series's journey, to being the backbone of nearly every major character's storyline, his presence will truly be missed — especially since the series is returning for a sixth season, per [Variety](https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/all-american-renewed-season-6-the-cw-1235486084/). It has truly been a gift for me and my fellow writers to write a character that was equally flawed and heroic.

Taye Diggs, who played Billy Baker on "All American," was written off the CW sports drama after five seasons.

I pitched it to him like I was pitching an episode, beat by beat, even though it was still easily a year away," she added. "Even though it was so far in advance, I already knew that whenever it would happen, that this was how I was going to do it. Billy was all of us and what a joy it was to watch this character grow as he raised his kids and his football players as one big family. We wish Taye the very best in this next chapter of his life and he remains a beloved member of the All American family, so you haven't seen the last of Billy Baker." In Monday's episode, the team was involved in crash that left their bus hanging halfway off of a cliff. The series follows Spencer James (Daniel Ezra), a high school football player from South Los Angeles who is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High.

The “All American” team wrote actor Taye Diggs' character, Billy Baker, off the CW series in the Feb. 13 episode.

Diggs and showrunner Nkechi Okoro Carroll explain their joint decision to write him off The CW show.

If you are a fan of the show and are all caught up to the fifth season that is currently airing on the network, then you know that Diggs' character Billy Baker ...

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"All American" star Bre Z talks to us about how the tragic loss of Taye Diggs' Coach Baker will bring the show to new heights after his death.

some even flooded Taye's IG comments with major concern. The show even teased a life-changing episode ahead of Monday's big reveal. saying there's an incredible writing team behind the show, and the loss of Coach Baker is going to open up even more great storytelling post-death. ICYMI, Monday's episode was a massive shocker ... but long-running castmate, Bre Z is breaking down the meaning behind the loss of Coach Baker -- and why her character hasn't gotten the boot yet. We got Bre Z, known for playing Coop on the CW series, at H.