A Macon native, Gibson is a Mercer alumnus and played baseball for the Bears from 1983–1986, winning a conference player of the year award as a junior.
[1] After a ten-year stint as a Mercer assistant in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Gibson succeeded Barry Myers as the Bears' head coach for the start of the 2004 season.
In the losers bracket, the Bears knocked out top-seeded Jacksonville before being eliminated with another one-run loss to Stetson.
At the A-Sun tournament, Gibson's team went 4–0 to win the conference's automatic bid, defeating East Tennessee State and Jacksonville two times each.
[2][5][8][9][10] Gibson's players have received many individual honors during his tenure, including major conference awards.
Cory Gearrin, taken in the fourth round in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft, played for the Atlanta Braves from 2011–2013.