David Gibbs (American football)

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David Gibbs
Current position
TitleDefensive Analyst
Team Arizona State
Conference Big 12
Biographical details
Born (1968-01-10) January 10, 1968 (age 56)
Mount Airy, North Carolina, U.S.
Alma mater Colorado
Playing career
1987–1990 Colorado
Position(s) Defensive back
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992 Oklahoma (GA)
1993–1994Colorado (GA)
1995–1996 Kansas (DB)
1997–2000 Minnesota (DC)
2001 Denver Broncos (S)
2002–2004Denver Broncos (DB)
2005 Auburn (DC)
2006–2008 Kansas City Chiefs (DB)
2009–2010 Houston Texans (DB)
2012 Virginia Destroyers (DB)
2013–2014 Houston (DC)
2014Houston (interim HC)
2015–2018 Texas Tech (DC)
2019–2020 Missouri (DB)
2021–2023 UCF (S)
2023 UCF (co-DC/S)
2024 Illinois (AHC/S)
2024–present Arizona State (DA)
Head coaching record
Overall1–0
Bowls1–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

David Alexander Gibbs (born January 10, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. Gibbs served as a co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach at UCF. He was most recently the associate head coach and secondary coach for the Illinois until resigning due to health issues.

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Playing career

Gibbs began his playing career at Auburn High School, in Auburn, Alabama, while his father Alex Gibbs was offensive coordinator at nearby Auburn University. Gibbs went on to attend the University of Colorado, where he was a four-year letterman at defensive back from 1986 through 1990. He was named to the Academic All-Big Eight team as a senior, leading the Buffaloes to the 1990 national championship under coach Bill McCartney.

Coaching career

After graduating from Colorado, Gibbs served as a graduate assistant at the University of Oklahoma and at Colorado. In 1995, he became the secondary coach at the University of Kansas under head coach Glen Mason. When Mason was appointed head coach at the University of Minnesota in 1997, Gibbs was hired as the Golden Gophers' defensive coordinator, the youngest coordinator in Division I-A at that time. [1] Gibbs improved a Minnesota defense that had ranked last in the Big Ten Conference in 1996 to one that was ranked eighth in the nation in pass and scoring defense by 1999.

From 2001 through 2004, Gibbs coached defense for the Denver Broncos, which by 2003 was rated the fourth strongest defense in the NFL. In 2005, he returned to Auburn to be defensive coordinator for Auburn University, where his defense ranked sixth in the NCAA in scoring defense and led the Southeastern Conference (SEC) in sacks. [1] Gibbs became defensive backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs in 2006.

Gibbs was hired as defensive backs coach by the Houston Texans in January 2009. [2] Following the 2010 season, the Texans fired him along with defensive coordinator Frank Bush. After a one-year hiatus from coaching, he spent 2012 coaching defensive backs for the Virginia Destroyers of the United Football League (UFL).

Gibbs accepted the position of defensive coordinator at the University of Houston on January 15, 2013. He resigned that position on January 5, 2015, after coaching the biggest winning fourth quarter comeback in bowl history at the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl with the score of 35–34. On January 5, 2015, Gibbs was hired for the same position at Texas Tech. [3] He was Texas Tech's sixth defensive coordinator since 2009.

Personal life

Gibbs is the son of Alex Gibbs, a longtime NFL assistant coach.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
Houston Cougars (American Athletic Conference)(2014)
2014 Houston 1–0 [note 1] [note 1] [note 1] W Armed Forces
Houston:1–0
Total:1–0

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Gibbs coached the 2015 Armed Forces Bowl after head coach Tony Levine was fired after a 7–5 (5–3 The American) regular season.

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References

  1. 1 2 Feldman, Bruce (January 14, 2013). "Gibbs back to college as Houston DC". CBS Sports Network. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Texans hire David Gibbs as secondary coach". Sporting News. Associated Press. January 20, 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved June 9, 2013.
  3. ↑ ESPN news services (January 5, 2015). "Texas Tech Red Raiders hire David Gibbs". ESPN. Retrieved January 6, 2015.
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