Mike Gibson was named the head coach of the University of Regina Rams on Dec. 29, 2014.
Gibson had been an assistant coach in the Canadian Football League for 10 seasons, including as the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the expansion Ottawa REDBLACKS in 2014. 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.
Gibson was 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.
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