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Texans | Gibbs not expected to retire
Sun, 10 May 2009 19:06:49 -0700

John McClain, of the Houston Chronicle, reports the Houston Texans do not expect assistant head coach/offense Alex Gibbs to retire because of changes in the league's pension plan for non-playing employees. The Texans are one of nine teams that have opted out of the NFL pension. The team is planning to come up with a new plan for non-playing employees.

Texans | Gibbs hired as assistant head coach
Wed, 09 Jan 2008 19:48:51 -0800

John McClain, of the Houston Chronicle, reports the Houston Texans have hired Alex Gibbs as their assistant head coach. He will oversee everything on offense and will work closely with offensive line coach John Benton.

Falcons | Forney complains about ex-coach's rules
Sat, 14 Apr 2007 09:39:48 -0700

Steve Wyche, of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports Atlanta Falcons OG Kynan Forney was critical of former offensive line coach Alex Gibbs' policy of making offensive lineman weigh less than 300 pounds. Forney said the rule resulted in some players drastically cutting weight a night or two before weekly weigh-ins. "Everybody's glad that you don't have to be sitting around and stressing about starving yourself all week to make some weigh-in on Friday morning because somebody likes the way it looks on paper. They would tell you that you have to weigh 295 [pounds] so you'd be sitting up Wednesday and Thursday night starving sometimes. Sometimes you've got 330-pound, 340-pound [defensive tackles] across from you and as the season goes on, that can weigh on you. You had different guys starving themselves. That's crazy to me. We're not naturally sleek and lean. We were made to be sleeker and leaner," Forney said. Forney added that nobody raised issue because the Gibbs-taught zone-blocking scheme resulted in the Falcons leading the league in rushing for three consecutive seasons.

Falcons | Gibbs not retained
Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:32:30 -0800

Steve Wyche, of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports the Atlanta Falcons have decided to part ways with team consultant Alex Gibbs.

Falcons | Gibbs will return in 2006
Tue, 31 Jan 2006 16:08:18 -0800

Steve Wyche, of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, reports Atlanta Falcons consultant Alex Gibbs informed the Falcons that he would return as a part-time consultant next season. Gibbs' return, "is good news for us," head coach Jim Mora said in his only comment, which came via email. Offensive line coach Jeff Jagodzinski left to take over as offensive coordinator with the Green Bay Packers and the Falcons gave Gibbs the option of taking over full-time again or taking a lesser role to help tutor a yet-to-be-hired offensive line coach.

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