Jay Gibbons named new head coach at Motlow State

Jay Gibbons is the new head men’s basketball coach at NJCAA Division I Motlow State, putting the Bucks’ roster decisions and recruiting board under a fresh set of hands as the program moves toward the next season. In junior-college basketball, that change reaches beyond the sideline quickly, because players are usually on campus only briefly before graduating or transferring.

HoopDirt identified Gibbons in the role on June 9, 2026. Eurobasket added that he had most recently been director and head coach at Redline Basketball Club and had posted the move on social media before any official school release surfaced. Motlow State Athletics now lists Gibbons on its men’s basketball coaches page, and his Instagram bio identifies him as head men’s basketball coach at Motlow State Community College while also referencing Gibbons & Gibbons Basketball Academy and Redline Basketball Club.

That background gives Motlow State a coach with club-basketball connections at a moment when the program has to protect what is already in place and keep the recruiting pipeline moving. A JUCO head coach has to set practice standards, reinforce academic expectations and make sure players know the path forward, because the roster can turn over fast and the window to build chemistry is short.

The hire also landed in local sports coverage, with The Savannah Tribune placing the announcement in its sports section. For Motlow State, the choice signals a new tone at the top, one built around immediate organization as much as long-term development. Gibbons now inherits the task of holding the roster together, expanding the recruiting footprint and giving the Bucks an identity that can settle in before the first game of the season.