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.

1 day 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 ...

1 day ago · A Leander product who played for his father in high school, Gideon played safety at Texas, starting all 52 games he played for the Longhorns, posting 276 tackles (166 solo), 10 INTs, 20 PBU, two ...

5 hours 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 ...

1 day 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.

1 day ago · Blake Gideon leaves Texas at an interesting time. While he'll get the opportunity to be a coordinator for the first time in his coaching career, Gideon will miss out as Arch Manning begins his ...

1 day ago · Texas assistant Blake Gideon is heading to Georgia Tech to take over as the Yellow Jackets defensive coordinator. Gideon has been the safeties coach for the Longhorns since 2021. He also holds the ...

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.

Jan 7, 2025 · Texas Longhorn legend Blake Gideon overcame a broken back in high school and a medical discharge from the Air Force as an adult en route to following in his father's footsteps as a football coach

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 seasons.