Blake Gideon (born July 25, 1989) is an American football coach and former player. He is currently the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech. 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.

1 day ago · Georgia Tech is getting a football lifer as its new defensive coordinator. On Friday, Blake Gideon officially joined coach Brent Key’s staff. The move for Gideon is his first opportunity to be a ...

3 days ago · The Texas Longhorns lost one of their top assistants this week when now-former safeties coach Blake Gideon accepted the defensive coordinator position with the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.. On ...

3 days ago · ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Tech has hired Texas assistant coach Blake Gideon as its defensive coordinator. The school announced the hiring Friday. Gideon had spent the past four seasons coaching safeties with the Longhorns and was promoted to associate head coach for defense at his alma mater last year. He was part of Texas twice reaching the ...

3 days ago · Texas safety Blake Gideon (21) is congratulated by teammates after intercepting a pass during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game against Missouri Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009, in ...

3 days ago · Blake Gideon is doing one of the hardest things imaginable by walking away from his alma mater. But that’s what coaches must do to further their career. The former Longhorn got a career promotion when he left Ole Miss to come back to Texas in 2021 and join Steve Sarkisian as the safeties coach at his alma mater.

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.

5 days 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.

4 days 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...

4 days ago · Blake Gideon, safeties coach for the Texas Longhorns gives instructions at practice at Frank Denius Fields on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024 in Austin.