Tony Gibson (born October 12, 1972) is an

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coach who currently serves as the

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and

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coach at

North Carolina State University North Carolina State University (NC State) is a public land-grant research university in Raleigh, North Carolina. Founded in 1887 and part of the University of North Carolina system, it is the largest university in the Carolinas. The universit ...

. He was previously the defensive coordinator at

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and assistant head coach at

Michigan Michigan () is a state in the Great Lakes region of the upper Midwestern United States. With a population of nearly 10.12 million and an area of nearly , Michigan is the 10th-largest state by population, the 11th-largest by area, and the ...

College years

Gibson attended Glenville State from 1991 to 1994 where he played as a

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, winning two WVIAC championships.

Coaching career

Gibson got his start in college coaching at his alma mater as a defensive backs coach. In 2001, he broke into the FBS ranks as the defensive backs coach at West Virginia, a job he would hold until 2007. In 2008, when West Virginia head coach

Rich Rodriguez Richard Alan Rodriguez (; born May 24, 1963), also known as Rich Rod, is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the head coach at Jacksonville State University. Rodriguez previously was the head football coach at Salem Uni ...

was hired to the same job at Michigan, he brought Gibson with him to serve as assistant head coach,

special teams In American football, the specific role that a player takes on the field is referred to as their "position". Under the modern rules of American football, both teams are allowed 11 players on the field at one time and have "unlimited free substitu ...

and defensive backs coach. Gibson, was fired alongside Rodriguez from Michigan following the 2010 season. He then spent one year stints at Pitt and

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in a variety of roles before returning to West Virginia in 2013 as the Safeties coach before being promoted to defensive coordinator in 2014. Following West Virginia head coach

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's departure in 2019, new head coach

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chose not to keep Gibson as the teams defensive coordinator. In 2019, Gibson was hired as the defensive coordinator for NC State.

Personal life

Gibson and his wife have two children.

References

External links

NC State profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gibson, Tony 1972 births Living people NC State Wolfpack football coaches West Virginia Mountaineers football coaches Michigan Wolverines football coaches Coaches of American football from West Virginia People from Boone County, West Virginia Glenville State Pioneers football players