Joe Gibbs Biography
Joe Gibbs (Joe Jackson Gibbs) is a retired American football coach, NASCAR Cup Series and NASCAR Xfinity Series team owner, and former NHRA team owner. Gibbs was the 20th and 26th head coach in the history of the Washington Redskins.
Gibbs is known for his work ethic where he constructed what Steve Sabol referred to as” The most diverse dynasty in NFL history.” He built championship teams from players who had mediocre to average performance while playing for other NFL teams.
Joe led the Redskins to eight playoff appearances, four NFC Championship titles, and three Super Bowl titles over 12 seasons, during his first stint in the National Football League.
Joe Gibbs Education
Gibbs attended Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe Springs, California where he graduated from in 1959. He later proceeded to Cerritos Junior College and then San Diego State University (SDSU).
Joe Gibbs Career
Gibbs began his career with a stint as offensive line coach at San Diego State between 1964 and 1966 under Don Coryell. He would go on to hold the same position under Bill Peterson at Florida State between 1967 and 1968. Also between 1971 and 1972, he serve under and Frank Broyles at Arkansas.
Gibbs was later hired as the offensive backfield coach for the St. Louis Cardinals (1973–1977) under coach Don Coryell. In 1978 he worked as offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers under coach McKay. He eventually rejoined coach Don Coryell with the San Diego Chargers (1979–1980).
Joe Gibbs Racing
In 1992, Joe created his NASCAR team, Joe Gibbs Racing, a year after he retired from the NFL. Dale Jarrett was the first driver for Joe’s team between 1992-1994 with the sponsor Interstate Batteries, and the number 18.
Joe’s son, J. D. Gibbs, was the president of Joe Gibbs Racing and oversaw daily operations of each of the teams since his father’s return to the NFL. The team now fields four cars in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series and three in the Xfinity Series.
NHRA
From 1995, Joe fielded three cars in the NHRA, one, in each professional category; The Funny Car, driven by Cruz Pedregon, the Top Fuel dragster, driven by Cory McClenathan and the Pro Stock Firebird, driven by Jim Yates.
Jim Yates would later bring home 2 NHRA Winston Pro Stock Championships in 1996 and 1997. Back the McDonald’s was the primary sponsor on all three cars from 1995 to 1997. Later in 1998 Cruz Pedregon would be sponsored by Interstate Batteries and Jim Yates by SplitFire.
Cruz Pedregon won Joe’s first NHRA National Event as a team owner at the 1995 NHRA Chief Auto Parts Winternationals and would later couple that with a victory at the ’95 NHRA U.S. Nationals, 3rd for Pedregon in 4 years at the U.S. Nationals.
Cruz Pedregon raced for Joe until mid-season (Englishtown, New Jersey) in 1999 when he left to race on his own, and was replaced by Tommy Johnson Jr. Johnson Jr. would win his first Fuel Funny Car win with Gibbs at the ’99 NHRA Keystone Nationals and would go to the next two final rounds, scoring another victory in the process.
In both 1997 and 1998 McClenathan finished 2nd in NHRA Winston Top Fuel points with Joe. In 1997, McClenathan had gone on a hot streak, sweeping the famed Western Swing (Denver, Sonoma, Seattle) and a total 4 wins in a row, 5 in 6 races since Denver, including a final round at the U.S. Nationals in ’97.
He also went on and took Joe’s MBNA Top Fuel Dragster to a $200,000 pay day, winning the 2000 NHRA Winston No-Bull Showdown, pitting Top Fuel Dragsters against Funny Cars in a 24 car shootout.
Following the 2000 season, Joe, announced that he would focus solely on his NASCAR teams, ending the 6 year long relationship with NHRA.
Joe Gibbs Age
Gibbs was born on November 25, 1940, in Mocksville, NC.
Joe Gibbs Wife
Joe has been married to his wife Pat Gibbs. The couple has two sons, J. D. Gibbs and Coy Gibbs and eight grandchildren. His son J.D Gibbs, died on January 11, 2019, after a long battle with neurological brain disease diagnosed in 2015.
Joe Gibbs Family
Gibbs is the son of Jackson Ceufud and Winnie Era (Blalock) Gibbs. He attended and graduated from Santa Fe High School, Santa Fe Springs, California, in 1959 where he was the star quarterback. He later attended Cerritos Junior College and then San Diego State University (SDSU), and was coached by Don Coryell. He graduated from SDSU in 1964 and earned a master’s degree in 1966.
Joe Gibbs Son
Gibbs has two sons; J. D. Gibbs and Coy Gibbs. J.D. Gibbs, died on January 11, 2019 at the age of 49, after battling conditions related to brain function since 2015. J.D. is survived by his wife and four sons.
Monster Energy Cup Series teams
- No. 11 Denny Hamlin
- No. 18 Kyle Busch
- No. 19 Martin Truex Jr.
- No. 20 Erik Jones
Xfinity Series teams
- No. 20 Christopher Bell
- No. 19 Brandon Jones
- No. 18 Kyle Busch, Jeffrey Earnhardt, Ryan Truex & other drivers
Joe Gibbs Net Worth
Joe has a net worth of $60 million.
Joe Gibbs Quotes
Below are some of Joe’s quotes.
- A winning effort begins with preparation.
- Failures are expected by losers, ignored by winners.
- My mother and grandmother had me in church, and I was the kid that played in church. But pastor was telling me something totally different that there was a God. He knit me together in my mother’s womb. He made me special. He wanted to have a personal relationship with me.
- I’m a phys ed major: that’s ballroom dancing and handball.
- The further you go in life, the more you realize what you’re going to leave this Earth. It’s not going to be, ‘It was a great platform. It was great to win the Super Bowl,’ but really and truly what you’re going to leave on this Earth is the influence on others.
- You and I are players, God’s our coach, and we’re playing the biggest game of all. We have a loving God that made us. We need to get on His team. It says in His word, there’s only one way to Him and that’s through Jesus Christ.
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