Tony Gibson jumped right into recruiting at Marshall in his first college head coaching job after nearly three decades as an assistant. It involved his own players. The roster took an immediate hit after Charles Huff was named coach at Southern Miss on Sunday while Gibson,

The Thundering Herd quickly moved on native West Virginian Tony Gibson after Huff's departure for Southern Miss

In a move announced mere minutes after former Marshall head coach Charles Huff was officially named to the same position at Southern Miss, the Thundering Herd announced his replacement -- Tony Gibson.

N.C. State defensive coordinator Tony Gibson has been named head coach at Marshall. Gibson's hiring Sunday came less than a hour after Thundering Herd coach Charles Huff was announced as the new coach at Southern Miss.

A 52-year-old native of Van, W. Va., Gibson has coached in both the prep and collegiate ranks in his home state; he's also previously coordinated the defense at West Virginia, as well as his current six-year run in charge of the Wolfpack defense, which is consistently among the top units in the ACC and top-25 defenses nationally.

Tony Gibson, North Carolina State’s defensive coordinator, has been named Charles Huff's replacement as head coach of Marshall football, after Huff

New Marshall coach Tony Gibson said he is recruiting the 25 Thundering Herd players who entered the transfer portal when Charles Huff left for the Southern Miss job.

Tony Gibson is hitting the transfer portal to recruit players from a bowl-bound conference championship team. That team is Marshall University. The Thundering Hed introduced Gibson as its new head football coach Thursday.