1. Joe Gibbs served as the head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League from 1981 to 1992 and then 2004 to 2007, leading them to nine playoff appearances, five NFC Championship titles, and three Super Bowl wins over 16 seasons.
Joe Gibbs was named the 1982 and 1983 NFL Coach of the Year and is the only head coach to have won Super Bowls with three different starting quarterbacks.
Joe Gibbs, named to the NFL 100th Anniversary All-Time Team, is the only member of both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and NASCAR Hall of Fame.
Joe Gibbs graduated from Santa Fe High School in 1959, where he played quarterback.
Joe Gibbs attended Cerritos College before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1964 and a master's degree in 1966 from San Diego State University.
Joe Gibbs began his career in 1964 coaching offensive linemen under Don Coryell for the San Diego State Aztecs football team.
Joe Gibbs served two years each at Florida State, USC, and Arkansas.
Just a position coach at the time, Joe Gibbs, who was at the opposite end of the field, sprinted over to Nelsen and confronted him.
Joe Gibbs returned for the 1992 regular season to defend the Redskins' Super Bowl crown from the previous year.
Two months after Super Bowl XXVII, Joe Gibbs retired on March 5,1993, surprising many in the organization and around the league.
From 1994 to 1997, Joe Gibbs served as a color analyst on NBC Sports' NFL pregame show.
In 1996, Joe Gibbs was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Joe Gibbs is the only NFL coach to win three Super Bowls with three different starting quarterbacks and three different starting running backs.
In January 2004, Joe Gibbs accepted an offer from Redskins owner Daniel Snyder to return as the team's head coach.
At his press conference, Joe Gibbs stated that even though he enjoyed NASCAR, he had missed coaching in the NFL.
Joe Gibbs hired former Buffalo Bills head coach Gregg Williams to join the team to run the defense and hired one of his former running backs, Earnest Byner, to serve as running backs coach.
Joe Gibbs took over for Gibbs as the team's primary play-caller upon joining the Redskins.
Joe Gibbs retired as head coach and president in January 2008, citing family obligations.
Joe Gibbs added a deep passing attack which complemented the ground game, utilizing agile receivers such as Art Monk, Gary Clark, and Ricky Sanders.
Joe Gibbs' offense was aided by aggressive defensive units under the direction of defensive coordinator Richie Petitbon.
Joe Gibbs' system was robust enough to be successful without a Hall-of-Fame-caliber quarterback at the helm.
Joe Gibbs is credited with inventing the H-back set, typically by use of a smaller tight end in the backfield.
Joe Gibbs was credited for creating the Trips formation: stacking three wide receivers to one side.
Joe Gibbs is one of few coaches that utilized the H-back position prominently in his offense.
Joe Gibbs' offenses were known for their extensive number of formations, as well as shifts and motions.
Gibbs created his NASCAR team, Joe Gibbs Racing in 1992, a year before he first retired from the NFL.
Joe Gibbs took Gibbs' MBNA Top Fuel Dragster to a $200,000 payday, winning the 2000 NHRA Winston No-Bull Showdown, pitting Top Fuel Dragsters against Funny Cars in a 24 car shootout.
Joe Gibbs announced that he would focus solely on his NASCAR teams following the 2000 season, ending the six-year-long relationship with NHRA.
In 2008, Joe Gibbs branched out into motorcycle racing, forming the JGRMX team competing in the AMA motocross and supercross championships.
Joe Gibbs founded Game Plan for Life in 2009, an evangelical Christian witnessing organization.
On September 5,2008, Joe Gibbs addressed the 2008 Republican National Convention, during which he offered his support for John McCain and his hope that the McCain-Palin ticket would lead to a 'spiritual awakening' in the United States.
In 2009, Joe Gibbs wrote the book Game Plan for Life which discusses his life in football; how his religious faith can help others and outside of sports, as well as key topics that are important to people trying to lead a contemporary Christian lifestyle.