Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, November 4, 1993 TAG: 9311040004
SECTION: SPORTS PAGE: B-4 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: BOB ZELLER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Gibbs said he was happy for the city that is now his second home. He said the Panthers' coaching job would be a wonderful opportunity. He said he was intrigued by the idea of starting a team from scratch, but the opportunity would have to be "perfect."
But Gibbs now says that in the euphoria of the moment, "it got kinda blown out of proportion."
"I was all excited for them," Gibbs said in the NASCAR Winston Cup garage at Phoenix shortly before the race there last Sunday. "I was fired up for Charlotte, and it came out like I was making a pitch for the job."
That is not the case, he said.
"When they asked me what I thought, I told them it would be fun to start something from scratch. But that doesn't mean me specifically.
"I'm going to see my son [Coy] play at Stanford," he said. "I'm taking my life one day at a time. I enjoy what I'm doing and I'm not looking for a job."
Gibbs' NASCAR Winston Cup team, headquartered just outside Charlotte, "is still very competitive for me, and I'm around my sons when they're doing that," he said. Gibbs' other son, J.D., works for the team and is a member of the pit crew on race day, changing tires on driver Dale Jarrett's car.
While Gibbs downplayed his interest, he would not rule out a return to football.
"The Richardsons have done such a good job. You have to feel good for them. And [coaching the Panthers] is something that would be fun. Anybody will think that's a good coaching job. But I'm happy doing what I'm doing and I'm not interested in looking for a job."
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