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G.A. Moore

G.A. Moore, Jr. is Texas high school football's winningest head coach.

High School Years

Moore attended Pilot Point High School (Pilot Point, Texas) and was a four-year letterman in football, basketball, baseball, and track. He was named to the All-State first team in football and basketball. Moore won 8 combined championships for Celina and Pilot Point. He caused controversy a few times from switching head coaching jobs at both Pilot Point and Celina, who are bitter rivals. G.A. Moore ended his career with an overall record of 408-78-9.

Recruiting Controversy

Many people believe that Moore cheated and recruited players to come to his school, but this has never been proven. Parents looking for a place to live in the suburbs in Dallas would often pick Celina or Pilot Point, because of its close proximity of the DFW area and the schools'/G.A. Moore's strong football tradition. Thus Celina and Pilot Point both received many move-ins and appeared to be recruiting.

Timeline of G.A. Moore's Career

Coach Moore graduated from Pilot Point High School in 1957, where he earned 16 letters in football, basketball, track and baseball. He was named all-state in football and basketball and received a football scholarship to North Texas State University. He graduated from NTSU in 1962 with a Bachelor of Science degree and started his coaching career.

1962- Graduated from NTSU and took the head coaching job at Bryson High School. Bryson had a 21 game losing streak. In the first game Bryson played a team that had beaten them 76-0 the previous year. Bryson won that game and went on to be 5-5 that year.

1963- Went home to Pilot Point where the Bearcats had not had a winning season in 6 years. In the first game Pilot Point defeated a team who had beaten them in the previous year 58-28. During the next eight years Pilot Point became one of the better 2A teams in the country.

1967- Received Masters of Education degree from NTSU.

1971- Out of coaching.

1972- Took over as head coach at Celina High School. In the next five years he went 52-5-2 winning his first State Championship in 1974 (actually Co-Champions after tying Big Sandy High School 0–0).

1977- Went back to Pilot Point and took over a team that was 1-9 the previous year. During the next nine years the Bearcats were 106-9-3 including back to back State Championships in 1980 and 1981.

1986- Went to Sherman High School and took over a 0-10 class 5A program. In the first game Sherman defeated Gainesville (ranked 4th in the state in 4A) 10-0. Sherman went 6-4 on the season and Coach Moore was named Dallas Area Coach of the Year.

1988- Went back to Celina who had not won a district championship in 10 years. In the first year Celina not only went on to win district, but went to the state semi-finals. During the next 14 years he won 163 and lost 22. Celina won 5 State Championships including a state record 4 in a row (tied with Sealy High School under coach T.J. Mills). When he left Celina he had a 57 game winning streak.

2002- Returned home to Pilot Point as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach.

2004-Retired from coaching, he now spends his time on his ranch between Celina and Pilot Point.

External links

• G. A. Moore bio at PilotPointFootball.org
• Record-setting coach adds to collection