Jay Gibbons
ASSISTANT COACH

Gibbons is entering his first season as an assistant coach at Clayton State after an extremely successful collegiate career at Clayton State and Florida Southern. Jay’s basketball duties include: player development, practice organization, film editing, promotions, game day organization and scout team coach.

Gibbons won a combine 106 games in his four years with the Lakers and Mocs, which included winning four conference championships, and participating in three NCAA Division II Tournaments and two "Elite Eights."

As point guard of the Lakers last season, he directed Clayton State to its first-ever Peach Belt Conference Championship with a 19-9 record overall and a 15-4 mark in the league.

Gibbons finished the season with 168 assists, averaging six per game, ranking him second on the all-time Clayton State single season list. Jay ranked among the nation’s best in assist per game last season and led the Peach Belt Conference. He dished off a PBC and career high 12 assists against Morehouse last year.

In addition to his championship at Clayton State, Gibbons captured three conference titles at Florida Southern. He was a key member of the Mocs’ most successful season ever in 1999-00, when Florida Southern finished with a 32-2 record and was ranked the No. 1 in the country.

He has been an important member of Gordon Gibbons’ basketball camps in Georgia, Florida and in the Caribeaan. Jay is now involved in recruiting in both Georgia and Florida.

A native of Lakeland, FL, Gibbons graduated high school from Kathleen High School and helped guide the team coached by Alvin Jones, Jr., to the 4A state championship in 1997. He is team was ranked No. 1 in Florida for two years. He was named to the Tampa Tribune and Lakeland Ledger All-County teams.

Gibbons was a teammate of several other high school standouts in Alvin Jones (Georgia Tech & Philadelphia Sixers), Freddie Mitchell (Philadelphia Eagles), B.B. Waldon (South Florida), and Carver Donaldson (Florida State).

Gibbons will graduate in the spring with a B.A. in education from Clayton State.