Coach Bobby Holmes was a remarkable football coach at Pascagoula, Biloxi, Laurel, Perkinston Junior College and Moss Point. Bobby hails from Tallassee, Alabama, and was part of a high school football team that put together a 56-game unbeaten streak of 55 victories and one tie in the mid-1940s. He arrived at Perkinston Junior College (now Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College) in 1947 and played football, basketball, and baseball until 1949. Bobby was the football team co-captain and second team All-State at quarterback in 1948. In 1948, he was captain of the state and co-national championship squad and was named first team All-State and All-American JUCO. Coach Holmes was an All-Gulf States Conference quarterback at Southern Miss in 1949 and 1950 smashing school records for most TD passes in a game (four) and career passing (58 percent). He returned punts for TDs of 82 and 95 yards against Alabama in his junior year. Following college, Bobby served in the U. S. Army and received his master’s degree. He started his 28-year coaching career in 1954 as an assistant at Pascagoula. Coach Holmes had coaching stops at Biloxi and Laurel and returned to Perkinston in 1959 where he worked as assistant football coach until 1961. He accepted a position as head coach at athletic director at Moss Point where he would achieve his greatest coaching success. He led the Tigers football program for 7 seasons with his biggest season in 1966 when his team finished 8-2-1. Bobby coached two stars on those teams that would go on to collegiate careers, namely, Bruce James, an All-American at Arkansas, and Richard Huff, who played at Gulf Coast and Mississippi College. His Moss Point teams compiled a record of 27-42-2 during his coaching tenure. Bobby departed coaching after 1967, but remained on as Moss Point athletic director and other administrative jobs including assistant principal. One of his notable hires was MAC HOF member Billy Miller. Along with membership in the MAC Coaches Hall of Fame, Bobby was inducted into the Southern Miss Athletic Hall of Fame in 1966, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999, and the Mississippi Community College Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. Coach Holmes passed away on April 6, 2014.