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David Gibbs Defensive Backs Coach 9th NFL season 2nd with Texans |
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David Gibbs enters his second campaign for the Texans as defensive backs coach. Gibbs, the son of former assistant head coach/offense Alex Gibbs, works with a slew of talent in the Texans' secondary that includes cornerback Dunta Robinson, who holds the franchise record for career interceptions.
Prior to joining the Texans, Gibbs spent the three previous seasons as the defensive backs coach for the Kansas City Chiefs. While in Kansas City, Gibbs’ secondary only allowed 208.4 passing yards per game in 2006 and only one 300-yard passer. Under Gibb’s leadership in 2007, the Chiefs defense allowed 188.9 passing yards per game, which ranked them fifth in the league for pass defense.
Gibbs made his first move to the NFL with the Denver Broncos in 2001, where he coached the safeties. The following season, Gibbs coached the secondary for the Broncos and from ‘03 to ’04, he took over the defensive backs coaching role. While coaching at Denver in 2003, the Broncos ranked fourth in the league in total defense and allowed 176.8 passing yards per game, ranking them sixth in the league. Gibbs left Denver to return briefly to the college ranks in 2005, where he served as the defensive coordinator for Auburn.
Before entering the NFL coaching ranks, Gibbs spent 10 years at the collegiate level. His first coaching stints came in 1991-94, where he spent time at both Oklahoma (’91-92) and Colorado (‘93-94) as a graduate assistant. He coached the secondary at Kansas from ’95 to ’96 and followed then Kansas head coach Glen Mason to Minnesota in 1997 to be the defensive coordinator for the Gophers, making him the youngest defensive coordinator in NCAA Division I-A. He spent the next four seasons with Minnesota before making the jump to the NFL ranks.
Gibbs was a four-year letterwinner at Colorado as a defensive back, where he earned a share of the National Championship in his senior year when the team defeated Notre Dame in the Orange Bowl.
The Mount Airy, N.C., native is married to wife, Debbie, and has two children: Hudson and Charlie Grace.
GIBBS’ COACHING LEDGER
2009-10: Defensive Backs Coach, Houston Texans
2006-08: Defensive Backs Coach, Kansas City Chiefs
2005: Defensive Coordinator, Auburn Tigers
2003-04: Defensive Backs, Denver Broncos
2002: Secondary, Denver Broncos
2001: Safeties, Denver Broncos
1997-00: Defensive Coordinator/Secondary, Minnesota Gophers
1995-96: Secondary, Kansas Jayhawks
1993-94: Graduate Assistant, Colorado
1991-92: Graduate Assistant, Oklahoma
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