Jim Gibbs

James Elmer Gibbs


Born:
August 19, 1913
Mill Spring, MO

Died:
May 31, 2010
Bartlett, TN


Career
1936-37 Warrensburg Teachers College - Missouri (College) - now Central Missouri State University
1937-38 Warrensburg Teachers College - Missouri (College) - now Central Missouri State University
1938-39 Warrensburg Teachers College - Missouri (College) - now Central Missouri State University
1940-41 Niangua High School - Missouri - Head coach
1941-42 Niangua High School - Missouri - Head coach
1944-45 Norman Navy Skyjackets (Military)
1944-45 Wichita Cessna Bobcats (Independent)
1946-47 Toledo Jeeps (NBL)
1947-48 Flint/Midland Dow A.C.'s (NBL)
1947-48 Tulsa Ranchers (PBLA) - Player / Head Coach
1947-48 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1948-49 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1949-50 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1950-51 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1951-52 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1952-53 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1953-54 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1954-55 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1955-56 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1956-57 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1957-58 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1958-59 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1959-60 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1960-61 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1961-62 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1962-63 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1963-64 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1964-65 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach
1965-66 Jefferson City High School - Missouri (High School) - Head Coach


Born to James and Lisa Gibbs in Mill Spring, Missouri, Gibbs attended Warrensburg (now Central Missouri State). He enlisted in the Navy and taught hand-to-hand combat for three years. After leaving the military, he played professional basketball for Toledo and Flint/Midland and was a player/coach for Tulsa in the PBLA. Not wanting to travel, he turned down an offer from the Globetrotters to stay in teaching and coaching. He played with his brother, John Gibbs, in Flint and Tulsa, and coached against him while both brothers were Missouri High School coaches.

He married Edna Cochrane on April 1, 1939, and they had two sons, Jim Bob and John. After Edna's death in 1986, he remarried to Kathleen Wickman, who died in 1991.

Source:
Obituary

Stats:
http://www.basketball-reference.com/nbl/players/g/gibbsji01n.html
http://www.justsportsstats.com/basketballstatsindex.php?player_id=gibbsji01