Blake Gideon (born July 25, 1989) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently safeties coach at the University of Texas. As a player, Gideon started all 52 games at safety during his college football career at The University of Texas at Austin, which ranks second in school history. Afterwards, he played professionally for the Arizona Cardinals and the …

18 hours ago · Georgia Tech is set to hire Texas assistant Blake Gideon as its defensive coordinator, sources confirmed Thursday to ESPN.

18 hours ago · Georgia Tech and head coach Brent Key have moved quickly to fill its open defensive coordinator position as they hired Blake Gideon to the role on Thursday morning. The hire was first reported by Matt Zenitz of 247 Sports and confirmed by JOL's Kelly Quinlan. Gideon fills the open spot left by Tyler Santucci who left to become linebackers coach of the Baltimore …

14 hours ago · For coaches, it means the opportunity for advancement, and that’s the opportunity that safeties coach Blake Gideon received and accepted on Thursday in leaving his alma mater to become the new ...

18 hours ago · Georgia Tech is set to hire Texas assistant Blake Gideon as its defensive coordinator, sources confirmed Thursday to ESPN. Gideon has coached safeties at Texas since 2021, helping his alma mater to a Big 12 championship in 2023 and back-to-back College Football Playoff appearances in the last two ...

15 hours ago · Georgia Tech has hired a new defensive coordinator. The Yellow Jackets hired Blake Gideon from the staff of the Texas Longhorns, who lost in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff this ...

17 hours ago · After coaching the safeties at Texas for four seasons, Gideon has reportedly been selected to become Georgia Tech's next defensive coordinator.

16 hours ago · Texas safeties coach Blake Gideon is leaving his alma mater to become the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech under Brent Key. 247Sports' Matt Zenitz and Chip Long were the first to report the move. A former All-Big 12 safety who started 52 games for the Longhorns during his playing career from ...

17 hours ago · Blake Gideon is leaving his alma mater to become the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech, sources confirm to Dave Campbell’s Texas Football. The Leander product spent the last four seasons back at Texas as the safeties coach. He was a standout safety for the Longhorns from 2008-11 while starting in all 52 games of his career. Gideon never planned to …

An All-Big 12 defensive back at Texas (2008-11) and special teams coordinator at Ole Miss and Houston, Blake Gideon was named safeties coach for the Longhorns on January 22, 2021.