From 2010 to 2014, Gibson was the head coach for the West Indies, where he led the team to be champions of the 2012 T20 World Cup.

In January 2022 Gibson was appointed the head coach of Yorkshire County Cricket Club, he is set to join the team after the conclusion of the 2022 Pakistan Super League season.

Gibson's county cricket career saw him play for Glamorgan before taking up coaching with the ECB after a series of niggling injuries.

[6] On 22 July 2007, he took 10/47 against Hampshire, becoming the 79th bowler in first-class cricket to take 10 wickets in an innings and the first in the County Championship since Richard Johnson in 1994.

In his first outing against England in 1995, he picked up the wickets of Alec Stewart and Darren Gough in the first innings, finishing with figures of 2-81, but was less successful in the second with 0-51.

[13] Gibson was seen primarily as a one-day specialist - "his hard-hitting late middle-order batting was particularly effective in the closing overs of the innings.

"[14] He played in 15 One Day Internationals, top scoring with 52 against Australia and taking best figures of 5–42 against Sri Lanka.

[15] On 20 September 2007, Gibson was appointed as England's bowling coach for the one-day series in Sri Lanka because Allan Donald had commentary duties in South Africa.

[18] England lost the three match Test series 1–0, and although Sri Lanka were once restricted to 188, they also posted scores of 499 and 548.

They lost the ODI series 3–1, although this was largely down to poor batting, although New Zealand scored 340 in the fourth match.

England lost the five match ODI series against India 5–0, with the bowlers failing to make much of an impression.

Stuart Broad took four wickets in the second game, but on the whole England's bowlers were expensive an uneconomical, as they failed to bowl out India in the series.

India won the first Test between the sides, after making 387/4 in their second innings to secure a six wicket victory.

England toured Gibson's native West Indies in 2009, although they lost the five match Test series 1–0.

They were knocked out at the Super Eights stage but the bowling remained economical, with only India scoring over 150.

The four-match Test series finished 1-1, with South Africa being bowled out for 133 in the second game to help England win.

Gibson led West Indies into the 2010 T20 World Cup and guided the team into the super eights stage, where they were eliminated.

They performed better in the longer format of the game against Sri Lanka, earning a 0–0 draw, but lost the ODI series 2–0.

Gibson led the West Indies into the 2011 World Cup, guiding them to the quarter-finals where they lost against Pakistan.

Although they progressed from the super ten stage, winning three of their four matches, they lost out to Sri Lanka in the semi-finals.

Gibson was reappointed England bowling coach for the upcoming West Indies tour on 26 March 2015.

In the second Test between the two sides England's bowling was less impressive and they eventually went on to lose the game, with New Zealand scoring at a quick run rate.

England restricted Australia to 207 in the third ODI, with Moeen Ali and Liam Plunkett both picking up three wickets, although batsmen on both sides had the better of the series.

Although England's bowlers struggled in the match against South Africa, conceding 229 runs, they bounced back and restricted Afghanistan to just 127 to keep their hopes of qualification alive.

England dismissed Sri Lanka for just 101 in the second Test, with strong bowling performances, including the emergence of Woakes, helping them win the series 2–0.

England won the only T20I between the two sides, with Jordan and Liam Dawson helping to bowl Sri Lanka out for just 140.

Following the announcement that Russell Domingo would not be retained as head coach of South Africa, Gibson accepted a deal in August 2017 to take charge of the Proteas until the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup.

He was well-acquainted with the country and its cricket culture, having played for three sides in the Sunfoil Series during the 1990s, and inherited a team with much talent and promise but also faced with unique challenges, such as government-mandated racial transformation targets and a number of top players leaving for lucrative Kolpak contracts with English counties that rendered them out of the national team picture.

In his first series against Bangladesh, Gibson's sides swept all three portions (two Tests, three ODIs, and two Twenty20 matches) with ease, including a record-setting ODI where Hashim Amla and Quinton de Kock combined to chase a total of 281 without losing a wicket and David Miller scoring the fastest century in a T20 international, reaching 100 off just 35 balls.

The decision, taken during a board meeting, follows a disastrous South African World Cup campaign in which the Proteas finished seventh of the 10 teams.