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Joseph Jackson Gibbs (born November 25, 1940) is an American auto racing team owner and former football coach. He served as the head coach of the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) 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 is the only coach to have more than one tenure with the team. [2] Ray Flaherty coached teams that won the 1937 and 1942 NFL Championships, while Joe Gibbs coached teams that won Super Bowl XVII (1982), Super Bowl XXII (1987), and Super Bowl XXVI (1991). [3]
Joe Gibbs was the head coach of the Redskins from 1981 to 1992 and, again from 2004 to 2007. He was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996. [59] On January 13, 1981, owner Jack Kent Cooke signed the offensive coordinator of the San Diego Chargers, Joe Gibbs, as their head coach. [60]
The 1992 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 61st season in the National Football League. The Redskins finished with a record of 9–7 , making the 1992–93 NFL playoffs and winning a Wild Card game against the Minnesota Vikings before losing to the San Francisco 49ers in the Divisional Round.
The Hogs", under the coaching of Redskins offensive line coach Joe Bugel, allowed a franchise-record nine sacks, the third-lowest total in NFL history. [57] The offense also dominated under head football coach Joe Gibbs, scoring 485 points, more than any other team that year. [58]
Gibbs, 82, went 154-94 over two stints as Washington's head coach from 1981-92 and 2004-07. The Commanders won three Super Bowls in his first tenure with the team.
Gibbs and Don Shula faced off in the 1983 Super Bowl at the Rose Bowl. During his first stint in Washington, Gibbs won not one but two Super Bowls in strike-torn seasons. Gibbs gets the best of ...
After friends, including former Washington head coach Joe Gibbs, and family members pressed him to let go of the team, he finally relented late in the night, hours before an event was scheduled ...