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.
Mike Gibson named Rams head coach
Posted: Dec 30, 2014