Eddy Peach became the sixth Texas high school football coach to reach 300 wins with a victory last week.

Has it sunk in now what it means to win 300 games?

It's great from the standpoint that a lot of people are involved – a lot of players and coaches and people who have helped along the way. I've said from the beginning that I've had the greatest job in the world. And I believe that.

You're starting your 39th season at Lamar. Do any games stand out?

Not really. We've had some good runs and some tough losses. We've been through 0-10 to playing in the state finals. We've been from one end to the other.

If you were to pick an all-star team of your best players, who would you start with?

That would be difficult. We've had Cedric Hilliard who played at Notre Dame, J.J. Joe who played at Baylor, Shawn Walters who played at USC. Joe Walker played at Nebraska, Scott McGarrahan played at New Mexico and in the NFL, and Mitch Willis who played at SMU and with the Cowboys.

Before you took the Lamar job, you were the baseball coach at Arlington High. What was your record in baseball?

I think it was 107-34. We made it to the state final four [in 1968]. We got beat in the regional finals another year.

Gee, some might say you missed your calling in baseball.

I don't know about that, but I've been very fortunate.

You started at Lamar when you were 27 years old. Now that you're 66, how much longer do you plan to coach?

I don't have any idea. My wife [Debbie, co-chair of the English department at Lamar] and I talk about what we're going to do every year, and we're still here. We're both happy with what we do, and we just take it year by year.

Your father was a coach, and you have two sons in coaching. I take it coaching is a profession you'd recommend?

Yes I would. I don't know of any profession that has any greater reward than working with kids.