Hall of Fame
A masterful motivator and consummate competitor, in 1989 Gipson led the Northeastern Oklahoma A&M Golden Norsemen to the NJCAA National Championship and logged a 217-87 record during his tenure at NEO. Gipson is one of only two head coaches to lead teams to a national championship on different college basketball levels. Gipson won an NJCAA national championship at NEO and led Northeastern State University in Tahlequah to an NCAA Division II National Championship. While at NSU he has also garnered four NCAA Tournament appearances and five Lone Star Conference North Division titles in 12 seasons. He was named the 2003 Division II Coach of the Year by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), earned the Molten/Division II Bulletin Coach of the Year award and was a coach at the USA Basketball Trials in the summer of 2003. He also received the top coaching honors in the South Central Region and Lone Star Conference North Division. In 2004, Gipson was inducted into the NSU Athletic Hall of Fame. Gipson has coached more than 30 players who have played professionally. Gipson's overall coaching record stands at 496-292 (.629).
