As a player, Gideon started all 52 games at safety during his college football career at The University of Texas at Austin, which ranks second in school history.
He was named to the 2011 Jim Thorpe Award watch list and was a four-time honorable mention All-Big 12 selection.
Gideon had played the first three seasons of his college career for the Longhorns under Gators head coach Will Muschamp, who was the defensive coordinator at UT at the time.
He was given the defensive backs coach duties at Auburn during preparation for the 2015 Birmingham Bowl vs. Memphis after Travaris Robinson joined Muschamp’s staff at South Carolina.
After one season in Oxford, Gideon returned to his alma mater to be the safeties coach on Steve Sarkisian’s inaugural Texas Longhorns football staff.