Gibson got his start in college coaching at his
alma mater as a defensive backs coach. In 2001, he broke into the
FBS ranks as the defensive backs coach at
West Virginia, a job he would hold until 2007. In 2008, when West Virginia head coach
Rich Rodriguez was hired to the same job at Michigan, he brought Gibson with him to serve as assistant head coach,
special teams and defensive backs coach. Gibson, was fired from Michigan alongside Rodriguez following the 2010 season. He then had one year stints at
Pitt and
Arizona in a variety of roles before returning to West Virginia in 2013 as the safeties coach and was subsequently promoted to defensive coordinator in 2014. Following West Virginia head coach
Dana Holgorsen's departure in 2019, new head coach
Neal Brown chose not to keep Gibson as the team's defensive coordinator. In 2019, Gibson was hired as the defensive coordinator for NC State. On December 8, 2024, it was announced that Gibson was hired as head coach at
Marshall, replacing
Charles Huff. ==Personal life==