After retiring from football, he became the president and chief operating officer of Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. Gissinger also owned and managed a private equity company.
[citation needed] He played his entire three-year NFL career for the San Diego Chargers from 1982 to 1984.
[1] In 1984, he also spent time playing tight end after injuries to regulars Kellen Winslow, Eric Sievers and Pete Holohan.
[citation needed] Gissinger served Countrywide Home Loans from 1994 through 1996, and then from 2000[3] through 2008 when the company was acquired by Bank of America.
He became famous for leading the 2007 "Protect Our House" campaign which urged Countrywide employees to take criticism of the company as a personal attack.