G. A. Moore

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

[edit] 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 412-83-9.

[edit] 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 receieved many move-ins and appeared to be recruiting.

[edit] 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.

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). When he left Celina he had a 57 game winning streak.

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

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