20 Facts About Ottis Gibson

Ottis Delroy Gibson was born on 16 March 1969 and is a cricket coach and former cricketer from Barbados, who played for the West Indies.

From 2010 to 2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies, where he led the team to be champions of the 2012 T20 World Cup.

Ottis Gibson has been appointed as Bangladesh bowling head coach and previously twice worked as bowling coach for England, from 2007 to 2010 and again from 2015 to 2017.

Ottis Gibson coached the South African cricket team from 2017 to 2019.

Ottis Gibson was the pace bowling coach of the Bangladesh national cricket team and Multan Sultans.

In January 2022 Ottis Gibson was appointed the head coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, he is set to join the team after the conclusion of the 2022 Pakistan Super League season.

Ottis Gibson's figures are the second best in the County Championship since 1945.

Later in 2007, Ottis Gibson bowled Durham to victory, again against Hampshire, in the Friends Provident Trophy.

Ottis Gibson had Michael Lumb and Sean Ervine caught by Michael Di Venuto first and second ball of the innings respectively, both for 0.

Ottis Gibson picked up the Player of the Match award for his efforts.

Ottis Gibson made his highest Test score of 37 in the first innings and 13 in the second, South Africa eventually winning by 149 runs.

Ottis Gibson took another 5 wicket haul against the same opposition and two four-fors, finishing with an impressive bowling average of 18.26.

On 20 September 2007, Ottis Gibson was appointed as England's bowling coach for the one-day series in Sri Lanka because Allan Donald had commentary duties in South Africa.

Ottis Gibson had previously worked with Peter Moores at the National Academy during the past two winters.

Ottis Gibson led West Indies into the 2010 T20 World Cup and guided the team into the super eights stage, where they were eliminated.

Ottis Gibson led the West Indies into the 2011 World Cup, guiding them to the quarter-finals where they lost against Pakistan.

Ottis Gibson was reappointed England bowling coach for the upcoming West Indies tour on 26 March 2015.

Ottis Gibson was well-acquainted with the country and its cricket culture, having played for three sides in the Sunfoil Series during the 1990s, and inherited a team with much talent and promise but faced with unique challenges, such as government-mandated racial transformation targets and a number of top players leaving for lucrative Kolpak contracts with English counties that rendered them out of the national team picture.

On 30 October 2017, it was decided that Ottis Gibson will take over the role of South Africa's fast bowling coach from Charl Langeveldt, with Langeveldt retained as a roving consultant for franchise cricket.

In January 2020, Ottis Gibson was named as the fast bowling coach of the Bangladesh cricket team replacing Charl Langeveldt who quit the job to take up a role with the South African national cricket team.