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National News, Texas High School Football News May 15, 2017

The Coach of Friday Night Lights diagnosed with Alzheimer’s

Gary Gaines, the head coach at the center of Permian Panthers (Odessa, TX) and MOJO in Buzz Bissinger’s book Friday Night Lights about the 1988 season in west Texas, is hoping that his diagnosis of early on-set Alzheimer’s disease will help raise…

Blog: The Turnaround, National News, Texas High School Football News January 25, 2015

The Turnaround – The Week That Was

by Jason Strunk Lubbock High School Head Football Coach Follow @WestTXCoach The Week That Was: Gary Gaines, #TXHSFBCHAT, Fellowship and more No more January blues around Chapman. The kids are amped-up and the coaches have a new sense of energy….