The University of Regina announced
Monday that Mike Gibson, a coach with extensive experience at both the
professional and collegiate levels, has been named the head coach of the Rams
football program.
Gibson has been an assistant coach in
the Canadian Football League for the past 10 seasons, including last year as
the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the expansion Ottawa
REDBLACKS. Prior to that, he was with the Calgary Stampeders for three seasons
- as a running backs coach during the 2011 campaign and as an offensive line
coach in both 2012 and 2013.
“Our entire club is extremely proud
to have Mike Gibson as our head coach," Rams president Dean Picton said.
"Mike is an impressive and energetic person who is passionate about
coaching football and has great coaching experiences both in the NCAA and the
CFL. We all feel very fortunate that Mike has come to the University of Regina
Rams to lead our young men. His hiring shows that our entire program is
committed to excellence in the classroom, on the football field, and in our
community.”
Gibson is already familiar with
Regina, having been an offensive line coach with the Saskatchewan Roughriders
for two seasons including their Grey Cup-winning 2007 campaign. He also had two-season
stints with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (2005-2006) and Hamilton Tiger-Cats
(2009-2010), serving as the offensive line coach and offensive coordinator at
both stops. His first coaching position in the CFL came during the 2001 season
with the Blue Bombers.
He also has over two decades of NCAA
experience at the Div. I level, most recently at the University of Louisiana at
Lafayette where he was an offensive line coach for the Ragin' Cajuns during the
2002, 2003, and 2004 seasons. Gibson has also coached at Boston University,
Rice, Temple, Colgate, and Rutgers.
Gibson earned his Bachelor of Arts
in political science from Western Maryland College - now known as McDaniel
College - where he was a three-year starter at centre for the Green Terror.
The search committee was chaired by
Kinesiology & Health Studies dean Harold Riemer and also included Chris
Briltz, Kim Dorsch, Brian Eltom, Aadon Fieger, and Sarah Hodges. The selection
of Gibson as head coach was unanimously approved by the Regina Rams Board of
Directors on Saturday.
Gibson officially assumes his duties
as head coach on Jan. 1. He becomes just the second head coach of the Rams
since the program made the jump to the CIS level prior to the 1999 season.
13 comments:
You tweeted this last week. Scruffy gets the scoop!
perry
Gibson has no ties to the Rams whatsoever. This is going to piss off many alumni.
Gibson keeps the chair warm for two years until Mueller decides he wants the job. Wait and see!
Tim
Consider this former Ram unimpressed!
Scruffy with the BREAKING news, nobody else.
A great hire! This guy knows his football and just needed the opportunity.
When the Green Zone says its official, I'll buy it.
All these former Rams not liking the hire. Its not the rams program anymore its the Universities program. It was time to move on from people who thought just because they played for the Rams are a good fit still with the program.
Very small number of former Ram not liking hire. Don't paint us all with that brush. Great hire time to move on.
In 5 years, Rams will be no more as football team will be known as Cougars. This is just the start.
The Green Zone??!! HA HA HA HA. They aren't even close to being relevant.
Andrew
How did the Green Zone get first interview with Rams new head coach then ?
Alumni isn't pissed about the new hire. Gibson is a great hire. Alumni is pissed about the process as well the lack of qualified local guys who applied who weren't even given a phone call. The group had a mandate from the get go and they accomplished it.
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