:Vance Gibson

{{short description|American football coach (born 1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|7|20}}

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| coach_years1 = 1985-1988

| coach_team1 = Sam Houston State (assistant)

| coach_years2 = 1992

| coach_team2 = Iowa Wesleyan (assistant)

| coach_years3 = 1992–2004

| coach_team3 = Howard Payne

| coach_years4 = 2005–2018

| coach_team4 = Frisco HS (TX)

| coach_years5 = 2019–2021

| coach_team5 = East Texas Baptist (OL)

| overall_record = 89–42 (college)

| bowl_record =

| tournament_record = 0–1 (NAIA D-II playoffs)

| championships = 3 TIAA (1992, 1994–1995)

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Vance Gibson (born July 20, 1953) is an American football coach. Gibson was the 18th head football coach at Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, serving for 13 seasons, from 1992 to 2004, and compiling a record of Gibson 89–42.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/asc/howard_payne/coaching_records.php |title=Howard Payne University coaching records |access-date=May 15, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905231010/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_iii/asc/howard_payne/coaching_records.php |archive-date=September 5, 2008 |url-status=dead }} From 2005 to 2018, he was the head football coach at Frisco High School in Frisco, Texas.{{Cite web|url=http://www.maxpreps.com/local/team/records/year_by_year_results.aspx?gendersport=boys,football&schoolid=8d12a56a-c035-4930-a126-8d144076b8d0|title = Frisco High School (TX) Varsity Football}}{{cite news |last=Caplan |first=Callie |title=Days after completing turnaround season, Frisco head coach Vance Gibson is leaving for assistant job at East Texas Baptist |url=https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/high-school/high-schools/2018/11/27/days-after-completingturnaround-season-frisco-head-coach-vance-gibson-leaving-assistant-job-east-texas-baptist |newspaper=The Dallas Morning News |location=Dallas, Texas |date=November 27, 2018 |access-date=August 17, 2019 }} From 2019 to 2021, He was the offensive line coach at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall, Texas.

Gibson graduated from Sherman High School in Sherman, Texas in 1971. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Austin College in Sherman in 1975 and a Master of Arts from the school the following year.{{cite web |url=https://hpusports.com/hof.aspx?hof=113 |title=HPU Sports Hall of Fame: Vance Gibson |author= |date= |website= |publisher=Howard Payne University |access-date=August 18, 2019 }}

Head coaching record

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Howard Payne Yellow Jackets

| conf = Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association

| startyear = 1992

| endyear = 1995

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1992

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 8–3

| conference = 5–0

| confstanding = 1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

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| year = 1993

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 3–7

| conference = 2–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1994

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 4–1

| confstanding = T–1st

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship = conference

| year = 1995

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 7–1

| confstanding = T–1st

| bowlname = NAIA Division II First Round

| bowloutcome = L

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead

| name = Howard Payne Yellow Jackets

| conf = American Southwest Conference

| startyear = 1996

| endyear = 2004

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1996

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 2–2

| confstanding = 3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1997

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 3–2

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1998

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 5–2

| confstanding = 3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

}}

{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 1999

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 5–5

| conference = 4–3

| confstanding = 3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2000

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = T–3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2001

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 8–2

| conference = 7–2

| confstanding = 3rd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2002

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 9–1

| conference = 8–1

| confstanding = 2nd

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2003

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 6–4

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = 4th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| year = 2004

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 7–3

| conference = 6–3

| confstanding = 4th

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| ranking = no

| ranking2 = no

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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Howard Payne

| overall = 89–42

| confrecord = 65–26

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{{CFB Yearly Record End

| overall = 89–42

| bowls = no

| poll = no

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