Keith Gilbertson
| Sport(s) | Football |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
May 15, 1948 Snohomish, Washington |
| Alma mater |
Central Washington University B.S. 1971 |
| Playing career | |
| 1967 | Central Washington |
| 1968 | Columbia Basin JC |
| 1969–1970 | Hawaii |
| Position(s) | Offensive line |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1974 | Idaho State (GA) |
| 1975 | Western Washington (GA) |
| 1976 | Washington (GA) |
| 1977–1981 | Utah State (OC) |
| 1982 | Idaho (OC) |
| 1983–1985 | Los Angeles Express (OC) |
| 1985 | Idaho (OC) |
| 1986–1988 | Idaho |
| 1989–1990 | Washington (OL) |
| 1991 | Washington (OC/OL) |
| 1992–1995 | California |
| 1996–1998 | Seattle Seahawks (asst.) |
| 1999 | Washington (AHC) |
| 2000–2002 | Washington (AHC, OC) |
| 2003–2004 | Washington |
| 2005–2008 | Seattle Seahawks (asst.) |
| 2010–2011 | Cleveland Browns (scout) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 55–51 (.519) |
| Bowls | 1–0 |
| Tournaments | 2–3 (NCAA I-AA playoffs) |
Keith Steven Gilbertson, Jr. (born May 15, 1948) is a retired American football coach and player. He was the head coach at the University of Idaho (1986–1988), the University of California, Berkeley (1992–1995), and the University of Washington (2003–2004), compiling a career college football record of 55–51. Gilbertson retired in 2011 as a coach.
The son of a high school football coach, Gilbertson grew up in Snohomish, Washington, northeast of Seattle. He graduated from Snohomish High School in 1966 and attended Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Columbia Basin College, the University of Hawaii, and returned to Central Washington, where he received a bachelor's degree in social sciences in 1971. He later earned a degree in education from Western Washington University in 1974.
After three stints as a graduate assistant, Gilbertson became an offensive coordinator in 1977 at Utah State under head coach Bruce Snyder. After five seasons in Logan, he joined Dennis Erickson's new staff at Idaho, who immediately turned the Vandal program around in 1982, going 8–3 in the regular season and advancing to the quarterfinals of the I-AA playoffs. The following spring, Gilbertson departed for the Los Angeles Express of the newly formed USFL, where he coached as offensive coordinator for three seasons. Following the demise of the league, Gilbertson returned to Idaho in 1985, and the Vandals won their first Big Sky Conference title in 14 seasons. Erickson departed for Wyoming in December, and Gilbertson was promoted to head coach of the Vandals program. In his three seasons in Moscow as head coach (1986–88), Gilbertson's win-loss record was 28–9 (.757). Following consecutive conference championships and advancing to the Division I-AA national semifinals, Gilbertson interviewed at UTEP in December 1988 but withdrew from consideration. Days later he accepted an offer to coach the offensive line in the Pac-10 at Washington in Seattle under head coach Don James and offensive coordinator Gary Pinkel. Gilbertson replaced Dan Dorazio, the first assistant coach James had fired at Washington, after they missed the bowl season for the first time in a decade. (After three wins to start the 1988 season, the Huskies finished 6–5 and 3–5 in conference, with losses to USC, UCLA, Oregon, Arizona, and WSU.) Gilbertson's three-year stint concluded with the undefeated 1991 national championship team, for which he was also offensive coordinator.
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