Blake Gideon

Blake Gideon
Current position
Title	Safeties coach
Team	Texas
Conference	Big 12
Biographical details
Born	June 25, 1989 (age 34); DeLeon, Texas
Alma mater	University of Texas at Austin
Playing career
2008–2011	Texas
2012	Arizona Cardinals
2012–2013	Denver Broncos
Position(s)	Safety
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2014	Florida (DQC)
2015	Auburn (GA)
2016–2017	Western Carolina (DB)
2018	Georgia State (CB)
2019	Houston (ST/S)
2020	Ole Miss (ST)
2021–present	Texas (S)

Last updated June 23, 2024

Blake Gideon (born July 25, 1989) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently Special teams coordinator coach at the University of Texas. As a player, Gideon started all 52 games at safety during his college football career at The University of Texas at Austin, which ranks second in school history. Afterwards, he played professionally for the Arizona Cardinals and the Denver Broncos of the NFL.

High school

Gideon was a two-time all-state selection at Leander High School in football. On the gridiron, Gideon recorded 300 tackles, 10 INTs, six forced fumbles, seven fumble recoveries and 14 TDs in his three years as a starter. He also lettered in baseball and track and field.

College career

Gideon started all 52 games as safety during his college career. His 52 consecutive starts rank second all-time at Texas. He was named to the 2011 Jim Thorpe Award watch list and was a four-time honorable mention All-Big 12 selection. Gideon posted 276 tackles (166 solo), 10 INTs, 20 PBU, two sacks, eight TFL, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries and a blocked punt during his college career. He was said to have been a "coach on the field."

Professional career

Gideon went undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft and was signed as a free agent by the Arizona Cardinals on April 30, 2012. He completed training camp with the Cardinals but was waived on August 21. On October 9 he was signed by the Broncos to their practice squad. He was placed on the reserve/retired list on May 21, 2013, but the Broncos still hold his rights if he desires to return.

Coaching career

On August 24, 2014, Gideon joined the Florida Gators as a defensive quality control coach. Gideon had played the first three seasons of his college career for the Longhorns under Gators head coach Will Muschamp, who was the defensive coordinator at UT at the time. In 2015, Gideon joined the Auburn Tigers as a graduate assistant. He was given the defensive backs coach duties at Auburn during preparation for the 2015 Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis after Travaris Robinson joined Muschamp’s staff at South Carolina. Gideon would follow Robinson and Muschamp to South Carolina in January 2016 as a linebackers and special teams graduate assistant coach before accepting a full-time position at Western Carolina, where he was the defensive backs coach for 2 seasons. In Spring 2018 he joined the Georgia State Staff as Corners Coach. In January 2019, Gideon was hired by newly named head coach Dana Holgorsen to coach safeties and be special teams coordinator at the University of Houston. Gideon was hired by Lane Kiffin to join him at Ole Miss starting with the 2020 season.

After one season in Oxford, Gideon returned to his alma mater to be the safeties coach on Steve Sarkisian’s inaugural Texas Longhorns football staff.^[1]

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References

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http://www.texassports.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3528

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/story/sports/college/auburnauthority/2016/01/22/auburn-ga-blake-gideon-follows-muschamp-south-carolina/79184112/
https://web.archive.org/web/20160715032120/http://www.catamountsports.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/040816aaa.html

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[1] Barnett, Zach (January 5, 2021). "Sources: Blake Gideon to join Texas staff". footballscoop.com. Football Scoop. Retrieved January 5, 2021.

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