You can cast me as Coach Whoever in the next Friday Night Lights and I will give the role my all. I’ll be flinty-eyed when flintiness is called for; I will scream at teenagers when they need to ...

The coach who inspired the book, movie and TV show “Friday Night Lights” has died at the age of 73 after a battle with Alzheimer’s Disease. Gary Gaines died on Monday evening, his family said.

LUBBOCK, Texas — Gary Gaines, coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines’ family said in a statement ...

Jordan. Boobie Miles (Derek Luke), Coach Gary Gaines (Billy Bob Thornton), Chris Comer (Lee Thompson Young) and Mike Winchell (Lucas Black) on the sidelines in “Friday Night Lights.” ...

"Under those Friday night lights, Coach Walz motivated his players to believe they could achieve anything," Harris said while introducing Walz at a rally in Pennsylvania. Now, author Buzz ...

Gary Gaines, football coach for the Texas high school team made famous by Buzz Bissinger’s 1990 book “Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream” and the 2004 film adaptation ...

coach of the Texas high school football team made famous in the book and movie “Friday Night Lights,” has died. He was 73. Gaines' family said in a statement the former coach died Monday in ...

He added, “It’s a tough place to be a coach, and he handled it with great dignity.” Image Billy Bob Thornton portrayed Mr. Gaines in the 2004 film “Friday Night Lights,” based on Buzz ...

Gaines, who was 73, was part of the inspiration behind the 1990 best-selling novel "Friday Night Lights" and the 2004 film with the same name. BREAKING: Former Permian Coach Gary Gaines ...