Dale Gibson
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Current position | |
| Title | Former Head coach |
| Team | Liberty |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1972–1978 | Liberty (asst.) |
| 1978–1981 | Liberty |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 48-46 (.511) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1980 NCCAA National Championship | |
Dale Gibson is a former men's basketball coach at Liberty University (then called Lynchburg Baptist College). After leaving coaching, he served as a professor at Liberty where he started the school's Sport Management program. Currently he teaches at Tusculum College.
As a coach, he served as the first assistant basketball coach at Liberty University beginning with the program's launch n 1972. Then in 1978, he was named the school's third ever head men's basketball coach. In his second season, he led the Flames to a national championship in the National Christian College Athletic Association.[1]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberty Flames (NCCAA) (1978–1981) | |||||||||
| 1978–1979 | Liberty | 15-16 | |||||||
| 1979–1980 | Liberty | 28-11 | NCCAA National Champions | ||||||
| 1980–1981 | Liberty | 5-19 | |||||||
| Liberty: | 48-46 | ||||||||
| Total: | 48-46 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ↑ 2007-2008 Liberty University Men's Basketball Media Guide pp. 108-109