- David Gibbs (American football)
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David Gibbs Date of birth January 10, 1968 Place of birth Mount Airy, North Carolina Position(s) Defensive Backs Coach College Colorado Team(s) as a coach/administrator 1995-1996
1997-2000
2001
2002
2003-2004
2005
2006-2008
2009-2010Kansas (secondary)
Minnesota (DC)
Denver Broncos (safeties)
Denver Broncos (secondary)
Denver Broncos (DB)
Auburn (DC)
Kansas City Chiefs (DB)
Houston Texans (DB)David Alexander Gibbs (born January 10, 1968 in Mount Airy, North Carolina) was an American football coach for the Houston Texans in the National Football League seasons of 2009 and 2010. Gibbs serves as the defensive backs coach for the Chiefs and has previously been defensive coordinator of the Auburn Tigers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers, as well as a defensive assistant coach of the Denver Broncos. Gibbs is the son of another NFL coach, Alex Gibbs.
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Playing career
Gibbs began his playing career at Auburn High School, in Auburn, Alabama, while his father 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. Gibbs improved a Minnesota defense that had ranked last in the Big Ten 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 SEC in sacks. Gibbs became defensive backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs] in 2006.
Gibbs was hired as defensive backs coach by the Houston Texans on January 19, 2009 and released January 2011.
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Preceded by
Gene ChizikAuburn University Defensive Coordinator
2005Succeeded by
Will MuschampPreceded by
Peter GiuntaKansas City Chiefs Defensive Backs Coach
2006-2008Succeeded by
Clancy PendergastColorado Buffaloes Football 1990 AP & USA Today/CNN National Champions Greg Biekert | Eric Bieniemy | Chad Brown | Deon Figures | David Gibbs | Darian Hagan | Charles E. Johnson | Charles S. Johnson | Vance Joseph | Kanavis McGhee | Mike Pritchard | Leonard Renfro | Alfred Williams
Head Coach Bill McCartneyCategories:- 1968 births
- Living people
- People from Mount Airy, North Carolina
- American football defensive backs
- Auburn High School (Alabama) alumni
- Colorado Buffaloes football players
- Kansas Jayhawks football coaches
- Minnesota Golden Gophers football coaches
- Denver Broncos coaches
- Auburn Tigers football coaches
- Kansas City Chiefs coaches
- Houston Texans coaches
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