Hall of Fame head coach G.A. Moore passed away peacefully on Friday surrounded by family, sources confirmed to Dave Campbell's Texas Football. He was 86 years old.

Moore was an eight-time state champion head coach who retired at the end of the 2011 season as the state’s all-time winningest head football coach with an incredible 429-97-9 record.

“Coach Moore has impacted thousands of young people," said Celina head coach Bill Elliott, who played for Moore at Pilot Point and coached under Moore with the Bobcats. "His Christian example as a husband, father and coach has forever impacted so many, including me, my friends and the kids he coached."

Moore was born and raised near Pilot Point and was a graduate of Pilot Point High School where he was an all-state football and basketball player. He went on to play college football at North Texas State (now the University of North Texas) where he graduated in 1962. 

Shortly after graduating college, Moore became the head coach at Bryson High School where he inherited a team on a 21-game losing streak. He led the team to a 5-5 record  in his lone season there before being hired at his alma mater Pilot Point in 1963. 

After leading Pilot Point to five straight winning seasons from 1963-1967, Moore won his first district title in 1968 with a 10-1 record. After the 1970 season, Coach Moore took a brief hiatus from coaching to join the ministry before returning to the sidelines at nearby Celina High School in time for the 1972 season. 

Moore found immediate success posting a 52-5-2 record in five seasons with the Bobcats, including leading Celina to a Class B co-state championship after a 0-0 tie with powerhouse Big Sandy in 1974. He led CHS to a 9-1 mark in 1973, missing the playoffs due to only one team making the playoffs and in 1975 he led Celina to a 13-1 mark falling in the regional final. 

In 1977, Coach Moore returned to his alma mater to try and turn Pilot Point around after a 1-9 season the season prior. Moore’s impact was quickly felt as the Bearcats were in the state quarterfinals by 1979. He then led PPHS to back-to-back Class 2A state titles in 1980 and 1981; 1980 was a co-championship with Tidehaven in another 0-0 tie and in 1981 the Bearcats won an outright title with a dominant 32-0 win over Garrison. In 1982 and 1983, Moore led Pilot Point to the regional semifinals and in 1985 he led the Bearcats to a regional final appearance. 

Moore took his only “big” school job in 1986 as he left to take over at nearby Sherman and was named DFW Coach of the Year leading the Bearcats to a 6-4 record in his first season after Sherman posted an 0-5 mark in 1985. 

After two 6-4 seasons in Sherman, Moore returned to Celina in 1988, where he stayed until 2001 and turned the Bobcats into the one of the state’s top programs regardless of classification. During his 14-year run in Celina, he led the Bobcats to state titles in 1995 and four consecutive titles from 1998-2001. Celina’s epic rivalry with nearby Pilot Point reached national levels of attention and he started Celina’s at the time record 68-game winning streak, which ended in 2002. 

Moore spent three seasons back in Pilot Point in 2002 and retired in 2004. Coach Moore came out of retirement in 2009 to take over at Aubrey where in his first season he led the Chaparrals to an 11-2 mark before retiring for good in 2011. 

Moore’s impact in the North Texas region and the Texas High School Football community is immeasurable. His record for all-time wins in Texas High School Football stood until Phil Danaher broke the record in November of 2016 at Corpus Christi Calallen. 

“Coach Moore was an intense coach," Elliott said. "He demanded that you gave your best, and he got more out of his players than anyone could get and I think that’s an example of the kind of football coach he was. His impact more importantly off the field lives on with the men he coached who now are coaches and how they continue to impact young people’s lives."