Career
His career coaching record at Utah Arlington was 85 wins, 40 losses, and 3 ties. This ranks him first at Utah Arlington in total wins and second at Utah Arlington in winning percentage. The school discontinued its football team after completion of the 1985 season.
Gilstrap is only former UTA coach or player inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
He was athletic director and head football coach from 1952 to 1965 and remained as athletic director until 1975. The ’57 Arlington State College squad was undefeated and ranked Number.
1 nationally among junior colleges. Gilstrap guided UTA from junior college status to a four-year program in 1959.
His overall record has a head coach was 162-88-9, 115-60-4 at the collegiate level
He died in 2002. He had been suffering from Alzheimer"s and Parkinson"s disease.