G. A. Moore
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High School Years
Moore attended Pilot Point High School (Pilot Point, TexasPilot Point, Texas
Pilot Point is a city in Denton County, Texas, United States. The population was 3,538 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Pilot Point is located at ....
) 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 went on to play running back at the University of North Texas in Denton, Texas. Moore won 8 combined championships for Celina and Pilot Point. G.A. Moore completed the 2010 season with a career overall record of 422-86-9.
Recruiting Controversy
Many people believe that Moore recruited players to come to his school, but this has never been proven. Parents looking for a place to live in the suburbs in DallasDallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
would often pick Celina or Pilot Point, because of its close proximity of the DFW area
Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex
The Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington Metropolitan Statistical Area, a title designated by the U.S. Census as of 2003, encompasses 12 counties within the U.S. state of Texas. The area is divided into two metropolitan divisions: Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington. Residents of the area...
and the schools'/Coach Moore's strong football tradition.
Timeline of G.A. Moore's Career
Coach Moore graduated from Pilot Point High School in 1957, where he earned 16 letters in American footballAmerican football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
and baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
. 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 High School
Bryson High School or Bryson School is a 1A high school located in Bryson, Texas . It is part of the Bryson Independent School District located in west central Jack County...
. 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 state.
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 by tying Lovie Smith and Big Sandy 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, a state record shared with Sealy Texas. When he left Celina he had a 57 game winning streak.
2002- Returned home to Pilot Point as Athletic Director and Head Football Coach. Took over a once dynasty AA school who had been vacant from the playoffs and returned them to the playoff scene once more.
2004-Retired from coaching. He spent his time working on his ranch between 2004 and 2009.
2009-Came out of retirement to coach Aubrey High School. Aubrey finished Moore's first season 11-2, winning a school record 11 games, with the losses coming to eventual undefeated state champion (as well as Moore's alma mater) Pilot Point in the final regular season game, and to then-undefeated McGregor in the third round of the 2A Division II playoffs.