Dale Gibson

Dale Gibson

Current position
Title	Former Head coach
Team	Liberty
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1972	Lynchburg Christian Academy
1972–1978	Liberty (asst.)
1978–1981	Liberty
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1972–1976	Lynchburg Christian Academy
1977–1980	Liberty
Head coaching record
Overall	48-46 (.511)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
1980 NCCAA National Championship

Dale Gibson is a former men's basketball coach at Liberty University (then called Lynchburg Baptist College). After leaving coaching, he served as a professor at Liberty where he started the school's Sport Management program. Currently he teaches at Tusculum College.

Gibson graduated from Lord Botetourt High School in Daleville, Virginia in 1966. He played basketball and soccer at Appalachian Bible College and Bryan College. After graduating, he spent one season as the head basketball coach at the Lynchburg Christian Academy. He then served as the first assistant basketball coach at Liberty University beginning with the program's launch in 1972. He became a full time faculty member in 1976 and was named the school's athletic director in 1977. In 1978, he was named the school's third ever head men's basketball coach. In his second season, he led the Flames to a national championship in the National Christian College Athletic Association.

Head coaching record

Record table

Season	Team	Overall
Liberty Flames (NCCAA) (1978–1981)
1978–1979	Liberty	15-16
1979–1980	Liberty	28-11			NCCAA National Champions
1980–1981	Liberty	5-19
Liberty:		48-46
Total:		48-46
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion