In today's Rewarding Moments In Redskins History presented by Maryland Lottery My Lottery Rewards, we look back at the hiring of a young offensive coordinator out of San Diego, Joe Gibbs, as the team's new head coach Jan. 13, 1981. At 40 years old, Joe Gibbs had spent 17 years as an assistant football coach at the collegiate and professional levels, but never once had been handed the keys of a program. That all changed on Jan. 13, 1981, however, when Washington Redskins owner Jack Kent Cooke and general manager Bobby Beathard took a chance on Gibbs, who at the time was regarded as one of the brightest offensive minds in the game.
Rewarding Moments In Redskins History: The Hiring Of Joe Gibbs
