MORGANTOWN -- Tony Gibson, a former assistant football coach at Glenville State College and West Virginia University-Tech, is following his former boss to West Virginia University.
Gibson will become an assistant coach working with the Mountaineers' secondary, head coach Rich Rodriguez announced Tuesday.
Gibson played for Rodriguez at Glenville State as a defensive back from 1991 to 1994 and was part of two West Virginia Conference championship teams.
A native of Van, he began his coaching career at Gilmer County High School, where he was named athletic director in 1995.
He joined Rodriguez's staff at Glenville in 1996, coaching the defensive backs and kickoff teams, then moved on to Cumberland University, where he was defensive back coach and recruiting coordinator.
In 1999, Gibson become defensive coordinator and assistant head coach of WVU- Tech.
He arrived at WVU in January as a graduate assistant for the Mountaineer defense and has been working daily with the safeties in practice.
