Colorado State University Athletics
Football
Gibson, Chase
Chase Gibson
- Title:
- Co-Special Teams Coordinator/Linebackers
- Email:
- chase.gibson@colostate.edu
- Phone:
- (970) 491-6131
Chase Gibson is his second season on the coaching staff at Colorado State in 2019, and second coaching the team's linebackers, while sharing special teams coordinator responsibilities. He was special teams coordinator and linebackers coaching in 2018.
In Gibson's first season at Colorado State, senior linebacker Josh Watson recorded a career-high 131 tackles to finish his prolific career ranked sixth in school history in tackles, while fellow senior Tre Thomas tallied a career-high 101 stops. The linebackers formed the backbone of the CSU defense in Gibson's first season, while his special teams unit saw an All-America season by punter Ryan Stonehouse. The sophomore, who ranked No. 2 in all of FBS with a 48.3 gross average, earned second-team honors from Sporting News while being recognized with first-team All-Mountain West honors and Special Teams Player of the Year for all of Colorado by the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation.
Gibson came to CSU from Eastern Kentucky, where he had served as linebackers coach for two seasons (2016-17). In his first season at Eastern Kentucky, Gibson helped guide a defense that allowed fewer passing yards than any EKU team since 2009 and fewer passing touchdowns (12) than any Colonel defense since 2005 (9). Under his guidance, linebacker Jeffrey Canady totaled 17 tackles in a game on two occasions, tied for the 18th most by an FCS player in 2016. Canady also finished seventh in the nation with 11.2 tackles per game and was a third-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection by Phil Steele.
Prior to his time at EKU, Gibson served as a quality control/assistant secondary coach at Tennessee with CSU defensive coordinator John Jancek, where the duo helped lead the Volunteers to a 9-4 record in 2015 and second-place finish in the Southeastern Conference East Division. He also worked with Jancek at Cincinnati in 2012, where he was a graduate assistant working with linebackers.
Gibson also spent two seasons (2010-11) in the Ohio Valley Conference at Tennessee-Martin, where he coached linebackers and oversaw strength and conditioning with the Skyhawks.
The Pikeville, Ky., native was a tight end at Marshall University before a career-ending knee injury. He earned a bachelor’s in secondary education from Marshall in 2007. Chase and his wife Kylee have two sons – Caiden and Connor.
In Gibson's first season at Colorado State, senior linebacker Josh Watson recorded a career-high 131 tackles to finish his prolific career ranked sixth in school history in tackles, while fellow senior Tre Thomas tallied a career-high 101 stops. The linebackers formed the backbone of the CSU defense in Gibson's first season, while his special teams unit saw an All-America season by punter Ryan Stonehouse. The sophomore, who ranked No. 2 in all of FBS with a 48.3 gross average, earned second-team honors from Sporting News while being recognized with first-team All-Mountain West honors and Special Teams Player of the Year for all of Colorado by the Colorado Chapter of the National Football Foundation.
Gibson came to CSU from Eastern Kentucky, where he had served as linebackers coach for two seasons (2016-17). In his first season at Eastern Kentucky, Gibson helped guide a defense that allowed fewer passing yards than any EKU team since 2009 and fewer passing touchdowns (12) than any Colonel defense since 2005 (9). Under his guidance, linebacker Jeffrey Canady totaled 17 tackles in a game on two occasions, tied for the 18th most by an FCS player in 2016. Canady also finished seventh in the nation with 11.2 tackles per game and was a third-team All-Ohio Valley Conference selection by Phil Steele.
Prior to his time at EKU, Gibson served as a quality control/assistant secondary coach at Tennessee with CSU defensive coordinator John Jancek, where the duo helped lead the Volunteers to a 9-4 record in 2015 and second-place finish in the Southeastern Conference East Division. He also worked with Jancek at Cincinnati in 2012, where he was a graduate assistant working with linebackers.
Gibson also spent two seasons (2010-11) in the Ohio Valley Conference at Tennessee-Martin, where he coached linebackers and oversaw strength and conditioning with the Skyhawks.
The Pikeville, Ky., native was a tight end at Marshall University before a career-ending knee injury. He earned a bachelor’s in secondary education from Marshall in 2007. Chase and his wife Kylee have two sons – Caiden and Connor.
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