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2017 Joe Gibbs JOE GIBBS: Team Owner Nearly a quarter century after winning his third Super Bowl as head coach of the NFL’s Washington Redskins, Joe Gibbs still hasn’t stopped adding to his impressive list of championships. Despite retiring as an NFL coach in 2008 after his second stint with the Redskins, the owner of Joe Gibbs Racing (JGR) now has more Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Championships than Super Bowl wins as driver Kyle Busch helped Gibbs score his fourth title as an owner in NASCAR’s top series in 2015. As JGR enters its 26th season in 2017, Gibbs has shown no signs of slowing down as his team continues to shine as one of the sport’s premier organizations. Gibbs, who hails from Mocksville, North Carolina, oversees an organization that has produced four NASCAR Cup Series titles – Bobby Labonte in 2000, Tony Stewart in 2002 and 2005, and Kyle Busch in 2015. It also won NASCAR Xfinity Series owner titles in 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2013, the Xfinity Series driver titles for Busch in 2009 and Daniel Suarez in 2016, and 267 NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series victories. Gibbs’ four Cup Series championships, five Xfinity Series titles, plus his three Super Bowl victories as coach of the Redskins in 1983, 1988 and 1992 mean he has won an incredible 12 championships in two of the most popular sports in the United States. “The thing that has always amazed me about championship runs in pro sports, at least in the four I’ve been involved with at JGR and the three I had in the NFL with the Redskins, is how difficult they are to win and how different they are, and that one year doesn’t buy you the next,” Gibbs said. “I love that about pro sports. It’s why I’m here. We started with nothing. We didn’t have any cars, we didn’t have any employees and we didn’t have a shop. All we had was a dream to go racing and, through the hard work of so many people, we’ve been able to be successful. I’ve always said that you win with people and we’ve got such a loyal group that has helped us get to this point.” It’s been an incredible ride for Gibbs, who grew up a fan of auto racing but focused on football for much of the first part of his life. After moving from North Carolina to Southern California as a child, Gibbs graduated from Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe Springs, California, where he was a member of the football team. He then enrolled at Cerritos (Calif.) Junior College and, after graduation, moved to San Diego State University, where he played football from 1961 to 1963. While at San Diego State, Gibbs was coached by the legendary Don Coryell, a member of the College Football Hall of Fame. During Gibbs’ career there, the team compiled a 22-6-1 record and won the California Collegiate Athletic Association title in 1962 and 1963. Gibbs stayed at San Diego State for three years as an assistant coach following his graduation before leaving for three, two-season stints at Florida State University, the University of Southern California and the University of Arkansas, respectively. At Southern California and Arkansas, he worked under College Football Hall of Fame coaches John McKay and Frank Broyles, respectively. In 1973, he moved to the NFL as an assistant coach and was reunited with Coryell, who was head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals. Gibbs spent five years in St. Louis before spending the 1978 season under McKay, who was head coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In 1979 and 1980, Gibbs again worked under Coryell, who had moved to the San Diego Chargers in 1978. During Gibbs’ two seasons as offensive coordinator in San Diego, the Chargers twice won the AFC West Division and made the playoffs both years, including a trip to the AFC championship game in 1980. San Diego, which featured the high-powered “Air Coryell” offense, led the NFL in passing yards during both years and compiled a two-year record of 33-9. Gibbs was named head coach of the Washington Redskins in 1981 and became one of the most successful head coaches in NFL history. His teams won three Super Bowls and he is the only coach to have won the event with three different quarterbacks – Joe Theismann in Super Bowl XVII, Doug Williams in Super Bowl XXII, and Mark Rypien in Super Bowl XXVI. He retired following the 1992 season but returned for a second stint from 2004 to 2007, during which he led the Redskins to two playoff appearances. -more- Joe Gibbs Team Owner Biography Page Two Upon retiring from the Redskins for a second time in January 2008, Gibbs ended his NFL head coaching tenure with a record of 171- 101, including a 17-7 record in the playoffs. His 16 years at the helm ranks in the top-25 all-time for years coached, as does his regular-season winning percentage of .621. Gibbs’ 154 regular-season wins, 10 playoff appearances and .708 playoff winning percentage rank him in the top-15 in each category. He is joined by legends Chuck Noll of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Bill Belichick of the New England Patriots with four each, and Bill Walsh of the San Francisco 49ers, who has three, as the only coaches in NFL history with three or more Super Bowl titles. Gibbs was named NFL Coach of the Year in 1982, 1983 and 1991 and became a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1996. While winding down his first stint as Redskins head coach in the early 1990s, Gibbs expressed the desire to form a NASCAR team. His interest in NASCAR was not a surprise since he had grown up a fan of the sport as a child in North Carolina. However, Gibbs was also looking for something that would allow his family to work together. Gibbs, along with business partner Don Meredith, formed JGR in July 1991 after the two met in April of that year with Jimmy Johnson of Hendrick Motorsports and seven-time series champion Richard Petty to discuss forming the team. Amazingly, with no employees, cars or engines and no racing experience to speak of, Gibbs secured sponsorship from Norm Miller, chairman of Interstate Batteries. The team, which had less than 20 employees, hit the track for the first time in February 1992 with Dale Jarrett driving the No. 18 Interstate Batteries car and Jimmy Makar serving as crew chief. Under Gibbs’ leadership, the inaugural season was a success as Jarrett scored eight top-10 finishes, including a second-place result in April at Bristol (Tenn.) Motor Speedway. Ironically, just as he had done during his second season with the Redskins, Gibbs won the Super Bowl in his second season as a NASCAR team owner. In 1993, Gibbs helped Jarrett and the No. 18 team to a victory in the “Super Bowl of Stock Car Racing” – the 35th Daytona 500. The win legitimized JGR immediately and set the stage for the team to become one of the premier organizations in the sport. Jarrett went onto finish fourth in Cup Series points in 1993 and scored another win for JGR in 1994 before leaving at the end of the season and handing the No. 18 car to Labonte. Labonte scored his first career Cup Series victory in the Coca-Cola 600 in May 1995 at Charlotte (N.C.) Motor Speedway, and the No. 18 team would rack up seven wins between 1995 and 1998 and finish in the top-11 in points in each of those four years. By 1999, Gibbs, who had always been successful in the NFL by keeping an eye toward the future, saw that multicar teams were becoming the standard in NASCAR. That year, JGR signed 1997 IndyCar Series champion Tony Stewart to drive a second car for the team – the No. 20 – with sponsorship from The Home Depot. Stewart became the winningest rookie in series history, taking three checkered flags en route to the Rookie of the Year title and a fourth-place position in the championship. Labonte racked up five wins and finished second to Jarrett in points. By then, NASCAR observers knew it was not a matter of if, but when, Gibbs would secure his first Cup Series title. They didn’t have to wait long. In 2000, the No. 18 team of Labonte and the No. 20 team of Stewart proved to be a formidable one-two punch. The two drivers combined to win 10 of the series’ 34 races with Labonte winning four and Stewart taking six. Labonte’s consistency proved to be unparalleled as he took his first career Cup Series championship. Stewart, meanwhile, won two more races than anyone else on the circuit and finished a solid sixth in the season-ending points. The 2001 season was another solid year for Gibbs with his two drivers collecting a total of five wins. Labonte wound up sixth in points while a late-season run by Stewart enabled him to finish the season in the runner-up spot to championship winner Jeff Gordon. That laid the groundwork for Stewart’s championship season in 2002, which saw the Indiana native score three wins en route to his first NASCAR title. Labonte, the quintessential teammate, scored a victory, as well. With his team now one of the most respected in NASCAR, and Gibbs’ son J.D.
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