Kevin Gilbride
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Kevin Bernard Gilbride (born August 27, 1951) is an American professional football coach who currently serves as head coach of the New York Guardians of the XFL.
Gilbride was a coach for twenty years in the NFL and is a longtime friend of Tom Coughlin since his days as the head coach of the Jacksonville Jaguars.
He spent seven years as the offensive coordinator for the New York Giants, with whom he earned two Super Bowl rings.
From 1997–1998, Gilbride was the head coach for the San Diego Chargers.
Early life
Gilbride attended Southern Connecticut State University, where he played both quarterback and tight end and earned a degree in Physical Education. He then went to Idaho State University, where he earned a master's degree in athletic administration.
Personal life
Gilbride and his wife, Deborah, have three children: daughters Kelly and Kristen and son, Kevin M. Gilbride. Kelly is a 1998 graduate of Harvard University, Kristen graduated from the University of Connecticut in 1999, and the younger Kevin graduated from the University of Hawaii in 2003 and was the former Bears' tight ends coach.
College career (1974–1988)
Gilbride's teaching career began in 1974 as a graduate assistant, where he served as a linebackers coach for the 1974 season. In their inaugural year, he served as the head coach for the Idaho State women's basketball team.
Before the 1976 season as a linebackers coach, Gilbride joined Tufts. He was in charge of two seasons. He joined American International College in 1977 after the 1977 season.
For two seasons, he served as a defensive coordinator at American International College in Springfield, Massachusetts.
H coached at his alma mater for nine seasons, beginning in 1980, and he won a 67-22-3 record overall.
Gilbride spent his first year as the quarterback in a sort of quarterback-coach role.
Gilbride's squad won their first game and then the final two. He was hired by the Houston Oilers as their quarterback coach and took the National Football League after the season, and then moved to the National Football League.
Professional coaching career
In 1986, Gilbride was appointed assistant coach for the Rough Riders. The team went 7-9 but made the playoffs, where they lost in the eastern semi-final to the Montreal Concordes. The last season, they were 3-10 and did not qualify for the postseason.
Gilbride spent time as an assistant with a variety of NFL franchises, as both a quarterbacks coach and offensive coordinator, from 1989 to 2014.
Gilbride began his NFL career as a quarterbacks coach for the Oilers. In his first season as a quarterback, quarterback Warren Moon passed for over 3,600 yards against 14 interceptions.
The Oilers named Gilbride offensive coordinator for the 1990 season after a good year by Moon. Gilbride played a variation of the run and gun offense during his time with the Oilers. With Gilbride as offensive coordinator, the team finished in the top 5 in scoring each year. Moon passed for 33 touchdowns against 13 interceptions for over 4,000 yards in Gilbride's first season. Despite the offensive team's second-place finish, the team finished 9-7, second in the division.
The Oilers won the division by 11-5 on the next season. Gilbride's offense finished fourth in the league with 386 points, the fourth best-ranked offense in the league and second in yards.
Houston finished second to the Pittsburgh Steelers after a 10-6 record in the 1992 season. Gilbride's offense received 352 points, good for sixth in the league. The Oilers led 28-3 at halftime in a classic 1992 AFC wild card game against the Buffalo Bills, nicknamed "The Comeback" by Bills fans, but Buffalo scored 38 unanswered points to win the game.
Gilbride was diagnosed with a rare form of kidney cancer during this season. On December 10, he underwent surgery. Warren Moon, the injured quarterback, and wide receiver Chris Palmer stepped in as acting offensive coordinators.
The Oilers won their final 11 games to finish the 1993 season at 12–4 and clinched a first-round bye in the playoffs, after a 1–4 start. With 368 points, the offense ranked fourth in the league. Throughout the campaign, Gilbride's use of the run and shoot offense was sluggish, according to rookie Oilers defensive coordinator Buddy Ryan, who referred to the system as the "chuck and duck." After Cody Carlson committed a fumble rather than running out the time with 37 seconds remaining in the first half and the Oilers leading 14–0 in a nationally televised 24–0 win over the New York Jets in the regular season finale at the Astrodome on January 2, 1994, Ryan threw a punch at Gilbride on the sidelines. "Kevin Gilbride will be selling insurance in two years," Ryan said a few days after the crash. Gilbride wrote about his encounter with the 1993 Oilers, saying, "Through all the things you've been fortunate to be involved in, that you're proud of, this is the last thing you want to be worried about for the remainder of your life." In a home divisional round match two weeks later on January 16, the Oilers lost 28-20 to the Kansas City Chiefs 28-20.
The 1994 Oilers finished with a dismal 2-14 record and the lowest-ranked offense in the league.
The Jaguars named Tom Coughlin as head coach and Gilbride as offensive coordinator for their first season in 1995. The team was 4-12, scoring only 275 points, 27th in the league, finishing 27th. The team went 9-7 for 325 points, fourteenth in the league, but second in yards, as the following year. The Jaguars defeated the Buffalo Bills 30-27 and then the Denver Broncos in the AFC Divisional Game by the same score, but the New England Patriots lost 20-6 to the New England Patriots in the AFC Championship Game. After Bobby Ross stepped down during the season, Gilbride was hired by the San Diego Chargers to fill the head coach position vacated.
Gilbride's Chargers finished 4-12, scoring just 266 points (26th in the league), while still allowing 425 (last in the league). The following year was not much better, with the team scoring 241 points (29th in the league) and finishing 29th in the league. Gilbride was dismissed on October 14, 1998.
Gilbride was hired as offensive coordinator for the Steelers on January 7, 1999. With the 17th ranked offense and the 22nd in yards, the team scored 317 points and ended 6-10. With the 17th ranked offense in the league, the team improved to 9-7 for the 17th ranked offense in the league, scoring 321 points. Gilbride was fired following the 2000 season.
Gilbride was hired by ESPN in 2001, where he spent time as an NFL analyst for that season.
Gilbride was hired by the Bills on February 9, 2002, following a season in which they finished 13th in the league in total offense. The Bills went 8-8, scoring 379 points, but set seven team records. The team was 6-10 and 30th in total points with just 243 in the league this year. After being recruited by the New York Giants on January 26, 2004, Gilbride left the team.
In 2004, Gilbride was reunited with Tom Coughlin in New York, where he became the Giants' quarterbacks coach. Manning was with Eli Manning for three years, during which Manning, after replacing Kurt Warner, led the Giants to a 1-6 record, leaving the Giants with a 6-10 record. He continued to lead the team to an 11-5 record in 2005, not just their first playoff appearance since 2002, but also their first division title since 2000. In 2006, the Giants returned to the playoffs, but the Philadelphia Eagles eliminated them in the first round. Following that season, the Giants announced that the entire coaching staff would return to one-year contracts for the 2007 season.
Gilbride was named interim offensive coordinator midway through the 2006 season. Following the season, the "interim" tag was stripped from the tag, and Gilbride was officially announced as the offensive coordinator on January 18, 2007. The Giants defeated the heavily favored Green Bay Packers on a Lawrence Tynes field goal in overtime of the NFC Championship Game in his first full season, securing a trip to Super Bowl XLII against the undefeated New England Patriots. The Giants defeated 17-14 to win their third Super Bowl title in what has been described as one of the biggest upsets of all time.
The Giants had four years under Gilbride's leadership where their offense had scored 400 or more points.
The Giants had a 12–4 record in 2008, but the Eagles shocked them in the first round of the playoffs. Gilbride's offense had 427 points, third in the NFL.
The Oakland Browns were allowed to interview Gilbride for their open head coach job in 2008. I eventually moved to Tom Cable, which was the job.
The Giants lost 8–8 this year, but they did score 402 points, good for eighth in the league and the fourth highest total in team history.
Beginning 6–2, the Giants climbed to 10–6 in 2010. However, the Giants were doomed after a string of injuries down the stretch, and they once more failed to qualify for the playoffs. Despite the poor finish, the Giants had their seventh best-ranked offense in points and fifth in yards.
The Giants began 2011 with a loss to Washington after a turbulent free agency period and some bad injuries prior to the season. They had a 4–2 record after defeating the Buffalo Bills in week 6 bye week. By week 9, the team had a 6–2 record, but it ended on week 7 after losing to the Redskins for the first time in week 15. In the season series, they won a Christmas Eve game against the crosstown rival Jets, as well as a Week 17 game to sweep the Dallas Cowboys.
They threw out the Atlanta Falcons 24–2, beating them by a narrow margin for their first quarter. The Green Bay Packers defeated the Tigers 37-20, giving them their second straight NFC Championship appearance. In a game that ended 20-17 with Lawrence Tynes kicking a game-winner to advance the Giants to the Super Bowl, the Giants defeated the San Francisco 49ers.
The Giants defeated New England 21–17 for their fourth title in Super Bowl XLVI, and they met the Patriots for the fourth time four years. They finished ninth in the league in offense on the season, scoring 394 points while allowing 400. Since winning, Gilbride received his second Super Bowl ring.
The Giants finished 9–7 once more this season, but missed the playoffs. They scored 429 points, sixth in the league, but they missed the playoffs again after starting 6–4 and going 3–3.
The Giants went 0–6 in 2013, prompting many people to question Gilbride's future with the team. The team recovered, though, winning 7 of their last ten games. Despite Gilbride's two Super Bowl rings with the team, fans had become impatient with the offense. "I think our offense is broken right now," owner John Mara said at the end of the season. We need to address this."
Gilbride will resign on January 2, 2014, according to a press release.
Gilbride was first named as the first head coach of the XFL's New York team on April 16, 2019. The Guardians finished undefeated at home and came first in the division in his first season as coach.