David Gibbs (American football)

David Gibbs

Date of birth	January 10, 1968 (1968-01-10) (age 43)
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 2009-2010	Kansas (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.

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.

References

External links

• David Gibbs, Defensive Backs, Kansas City Chiefs

Preceded by Gene Chizik	Auburn University Defensive Coordinator 2005	Succeeded by Will Muschamp
Preceded by Peter Giunta	Kansas City Chiefs Defensive Backs Coach 2006-2008	Succeeded by Clancy Pendergast

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Name	Gibbs, David
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Date of birth	January 10, 1968
Place of birth	Mount Airy, North Carolina
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