Joe Gibbs
American race team owner and Pro Football Hall of Fame coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joe Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is an American auto racing team owner and former football coach. He served two stints as the head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL), from 1981 to 1992 and then 2004 to 2007. Gibbs led them to nine playoff appearances, four NFC Championship titles, and three Super Bowl wins over 16 total seasons.
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Born: | (1940-11-25) November 25, 1940 (age 83) Mocksville, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||
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High school: | Santa Fe (Santa Fe Springs, California) | ||||||
College: | San Diego State | ||||||
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Gibbs was named NFL Coach of the Year in 1982 and 1983 and is the only head coach to have won Super Bowls with three different starting quarterbacks. He and his family founded the NASCAR team Joe Gibbs Racing in 1992, which has since won five NASCAR championships. Gibbs was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996 and the NASCAR Hall of Fame in 2020, the only member of both, and was voted onto the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team.