David Gibbs (American football)
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive coordinator |
| Team | Texas Tech |
| Conference | Big 12 |
| Annual salary | $800,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
January 10, 1968 Mount Airy, North Carolina |
| Alma mater | Colorado |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1990 | Colorado |
| Position(s) | Defensive back |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1991–1992 | Oklahoma (GA) |
| 1993–1994 | Colorado (GA) |
| 1995–1996 | Kansas (DB) |
| 1997–2000 | Minnesota (DC) |
| 2001 | Denver Broncos (S) |
| 2002–2004 | Denver Broncos (DB) |
| 2005 | Auburn (DC) |
| 2006–2008 | Kansas City Chiefs (DB) |
| 2009–2010 | Houston Texans (DB) |
| 2012 | Virginia Destroyers (DB) |
| 2013–2014 | Houston (DC) |
| 2014 | Houston (Interim HC) |
| 2015–present | Texas Tech (DC/S) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 1–0 |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
David Alexander Gibbs (born January 10, 1968) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator for Texas Tech University, a position he has held since January 2015. Gibbs previously served in a similar capacity at the University of Minnesota, Auburn University, and the University of Houston, as well as an assistant coach in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs and Houston Texans.
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.
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 Conference in 1996 to one that was ranked eighth in the nation in pass and scoring defense by 1999.
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