STERLIN GILBERT has been appointed as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Syracuse University football team. He brings 17 years of experience to the Orange. Gilbert has run offenses and coached quarterbacks at the FBS, FCS, and high-school levels, and was most recently the head coach McNeese State University in 2019. Gilbert previously worked […]
STERLIN GILBERT has been appointed as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach of the Syracuse University football team. He brings 17 years of experience to the Orange. Gilbert has run offenses and coached quarterbacks at the FBS, FCS, and high-school levels, and was most recently the head coach McNeese State University in 2019. Gilbert previously worked with Syracuse head coach Dino Babers for three seasons, serving as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach under Babers at Eastern Illinois (2012-13) and Bowling Green (2014). While at Eastern Illinois, Gilbert was selected as the FootballScoop.com FCS Coordinator of the Year in his second season. The Panthers led the nation in total offense and scoring, while ranking second in passing. Gilbert tutored current San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo, who won the 2013 Walter Payton Award (the FCS equivalent of the Heisman Trophy) as the nation’s best player. After Bowling Green, Gilbert headed to Tulsa where he served as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2015 season, and then Texas, where he was offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the 2016 season. In 2017 and 2018, Gilbert worked as the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at South Florida. Gilbert’s success as a coordinator earned him the head-coaching job at McNeese State in 2019. He brought the up-tempo spread offense to the FCS school and the team posted a 7-5 season. A former standout Texas high-school quarterback, Gilbert also enjoyed a successful career as a high-school coach in that state. Gilbert was three-year starter and two-year captain at quarterback for Angelo State University, where he earned his undergraduate degree in kinesiology with a minor in history.