| Mike Gibson | |
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| Team: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats |
| Position1: | Offensive line coach |
| Birth Date: | [1] |
| Birth Place: | McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| College: | Western Maryland |
| Coaching Years1: | 1979–1981 |
| Coaching Team1: | Cornell Big Red (Head freshman coach) |
| Coaching Years2: | 1982–1985 |
| Coaching Team2: | Boston Terriers (Running backs coach) |
| Coaching Years3: | 1986–1987 |
| Coaching Team3: | Boston Terriers (Offensive coordinator, Quarterbacks coach) |
| Coaching Years4: | 1990–1991 |
| Coaching Team4: | Temple Owls (Special teams coach, Tight ends coach) |
| Coaching Years5: | 1992 |
| Coaching Team5: | Temple Owls (Offensive line coach) |
| Coaching Years6: | 1993–1995 |
| Coaching Team6: | Colgate Raiders (Offensive coordinator, Quarterbacks coach) |
| Coaching Years7: | 1996–2000 |
| Coaching Team7: | Rutgers Scarlet Knights (Special teams coach, Tight ends coach) |
| Coaching Team8: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Offensive line coach) |
| Coaching Years9: | 2002–2004 |
| Coaching Team9: | Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns (Offensive line coach) |
| Coaching Team10: | Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Offensive coordinator) |
| Coaching Team11: | Saskatchewan Roughriders (Offensive line coach) |
| Coaching Team12: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Offensive coordinator, Assistant head coach) |
| Coaching Team13: | Calgary Stampeders (Running backs coach) |
| Coaching Team14: | Calgary Stampeders (Offensive line coach) |
| Coaching Team15: | Ottawa Redblacks (Offensive line coach) |
| Coaching Years16: | 2015 |
| Coaching Team16: | Regina Rams (Head coach) |
| Coaching Team17: | Edmonton Eskimos (Offensive line coach, Run game coordinator) |
| Coaching Team18: | Edmonton Eskimos (Offensive line coach, Assistant head coach) |
| Coaching Years19: | –present |
| Coaching Team19: | Hamilton Tiger-Cats (Offensive line coach) |
| Administrating Years1: | 1988–1989 |
| Administrating Team1: | Rice Owls (Director of football operations, Recruiting coordinator) |
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Mike Gibson is the offensive line coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He is a Grey Cup champion, having won the 95th Grey Cup as an assistant coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.
Gibson played college football for the Western Maryland Green Terror from 1974 to 1977.[2] [3]
Gibson began his coaching career with the Cornell Big Red in 1979 as a head freshman coach. After three years with Cornell, he joined the Boston University Terriers in 1982 and became the team's offensive coordinator in 1986. He was later hired by the Rice Owls football program as their director of football operations and recruiting coordinator in 1988. After two seasons with Rice, he returned to coaching with the Temple Owls as their special teams coach and tight ends coach. In 1993, he was named offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Colgate Raiders. From 1996 to 2000, he was coaching the Rutgers Scarlet Knights as their special teams coach and tight ends coach.
On April 2, 2001, it was announced that Gibson had joined the Winnipeg Blue Bombers as the team's offensive line coach.[4]
Gibson returned to coach college football in 2002 for the Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns as their offensive line coach.[3] He served in that capacity for three seasons.[3]
Gibson returned to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2005 to serve as the team's offensive coordinator.[3] After the team finished in fifth place in the West with a 5–13 record, he was retained under new head coach, Doug Berry, in 2006 as the team returned to the playoffs with a 9–9 record. He resigned following the 2006 season.[5]
Gibson joined the Saskatchewan Roughriders ahead of their 2007 season as the team's offensive line coach. In that season, he won his first Grey Cup championship following the Roughriders' victory over Gibson's former team, the Blue Bombers, in the 95th Grey Cup game.[3] He spent two seasons with the Roughriders.[3]
On December 10, 2008, Gibson was announced as the offensive coordinator for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[6] He spent two seasons with the team, qualifying for the playoffs in both, before resigning following the 2010 season.[7]
On December 17, 2010, Gibson had joined the Calgary Stampeders as the team's running backs coach.[8] In 2012, Gibson became the team's offensive line coach and served in that role for two seasons.[9]
Gibson joined the expansion Ottawa Redblacks in 2014 to serve as the team's offensive coordinator.[3] However, the team struggled in their first year as they finished last in total points scored, touchdowns, and rushing yards and finished seventh in passing yards.[10] He was relieved of his coaching duties by the Redblacks at the end of their season on November 12, 2014.[10]
On December 29, 2014, Gibson was named head coach for the Regina Rams of CIS football.[11] He spent one season with the Rams as the team posted an 0–8 record prior to his resignation on January 17, 2016.[12] [13]
On January 17, 2016, it was announced that Gibson had joined the Edmonton Eskimos as the team's offensive line coach and run game coordinator.[13] He was promoted to assistant head coach and offensive line coach ahead of the 2019 season.[14]
On February 6, 2020, Gibson was named the offensive line coach for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[3]
Gibson and his wife, Carolyn, have two daughters.[1]