Vince Gibson is a former American football

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 player and coach. He served as head football coach at Kansas State University

Kansas State University

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 (1967–1974), the University of Louisville

University of Louisville

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 (1975–1979), and Tulane University

Tulane University

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 (1980–1982), compiling a career college football

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 record of 75–98–2. In 1992, He coached the New Orleans Night

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 of the Arena Football League, tallying a mark of 0–10.
Gibson was born and raised in Birmingham, Alabama

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. He graduated from Florida State University

Florida State University

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 in 1955, where he received two letters playing as an offensive guard for the Seminoles.