Instead, the long-time Knox coach decided to get ahead of those questions and announced that he will retire following the 2025-26 academic year. “This is a new time in Knox Athletics with a lot of new staff, something I’m very excited about as it keeps me energized. “Throughout my entire tenure here, my focus has always been the student-athletes, whether I was a football coach or a strength coach, that’s what I’ve been most interested in. A conversation with Randy Oberembt, the Knox head football coach at that time, was more to Gibbons’ liking. He saw a need for a dedicated strength coach to help out the other coaches, and the energy needed to coach football (and recruit) was splitting his focus.