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- Alex Gibbs was born on February 22, 1941 in Morgantown, North Carolina. He has a daughter and four sons. Alex Gibbs played football at Davidson College as a running back and defensive back. He holds a master’s degree in European history from North Carolina. Gibbs later went to Auburn University and earned and an E.D.D. College Experience Alex Gibbs began his coaching career in 1969 with Duke University as the defensive backs coach. He then coached defensive backs at the University of Kentucky from 1971 to 1972. He also coached defensive backs at West Virginia University from 1973 to 1974. In 1975 he accepted a position with Ohio State and began coaching offensive lines until 1978. He also as offensive coordinator with Ohio State. In 1979 he accpted a position at Auburn and coached there until 1981. He then moved on to Georgia for one season 1982 to 1983. NFL Experience In 1984, he accepted a position with the Denver Broncos. The team appeared in two straight Super Bowls in 1986 and 1987. Gibbs became famous with the Denver Broncos and Terrell Davis in the late 90's. He is best known for his zone blocking that he installed in Denver and later with the Atlanta Falcons in 2004. Gibbs later accpted a position with the Kansas City Chiefs. The Chiefs sack total improved substantially from 19 in 1994 to 48 in 1992. (This can't be right, the dates are backwards?) Gibbs moved again in 1992 to coach for the Indianapolis Colts. San Diego Chargers 1990-1991. In 1991, the Charges had the second-best rush offense in the NFL. With the Los Angeles Raiders (1988-1989) he coached guard Steve Wisniewski, who would earn eight trips to the Pro Bowl in his career. From 1995-2000, Gibbs’ offensive lines did not allow more than 35 sacks in a season. And during that span center Tom Nalen went to four consecutive Pro Bowls; and in 1998, three Broncos offensive linemen were nominated to the Pro Bowl for their role in winning their second consecutive Pro Bowl and blocking for NFL MVP Terrell Davis, who rushed for over 2,000 yards. He spent 13 combined seasons (1984-1987 and 1995-2003) mentoring the offensive line with the Broncos, where he established several franchise records. He played an essential role with the Broncos during their back-to-back Super Bowl wins in the late 90s. The offensive line set numerous franchise records during his second tenure with Denver, including most total yards (6,554 in 2000), most first downs (383 in 2000), most rushing yards (2,468 in 1998) and most rushing touchdowns (32 in 1998). From 2004-06, he served as the assistant head coach/offensive line, as well as consultant, with the Atlanta Falcons. In 2004 the Falcons led the NFL in rushing for the first time in team history. They rushed for a team-record 2,672 yards, third highest rushing yards total in the NFL since 1990. During the three seasons with Gibbs on staff in Atlanta, the team led the NFL in rushing with 8,157 yards. Atlanta was the only team over that three-year period to record a rushing average above five yards at 5.1. Alex Gibbs was hired by the Houston Texans on January 9, 2008 as their assistant head coach/offense. Gibbs worked with Texans head coach Gary Kubiak, who served as the offensive coordinator in Denver, from 1995-03. During their time together, the Broncos led the NFL in rushing with 20,150 yards. Denver finished second in total offense with 54,167 yards during their nine seasons together.
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