Gil Garza
Inducted 2006
Hometown: Edinburg
High School: Edinburg High School
College: Ranger Junior College, Pan American University
Best Known for: Athletics Administration
Garza was a successful coach who has transitioned into a career as one of the leading administrators in South Texas.
Garza has been the San Antonio ISD athletic director since 2003, following a superb run in the Valley. In nine years at Edcouch-Elsa and six at PSJA, Garza went 57-37-1 in football and 130-47 in baseball. Under his steady hand, the Yellowjackets and Bears won four baseball titles and one in football.
His top football team was the 1990 PSJA squad that went three-deep. In the late 1980s, he'd brought E-E back into the state playoffs for the first time since 1965, setting the stage for the Viva la Maquina Era in which the program became a state power.
Known as an expert organizer, a smooth speaker and an effective motivator, Garza continues to bring his home area pride with his work in the Alamo City.