 Gibson briefly came out of retirement in 2010 at the age of 40 when, having already been hired as head coach Laurie Calloway's assistant, he agreed to join the playing roster of Des Moines Menace in the USL Premier Development League; he played his first game for the team on 18 June 2010 as a substitute in a game against Thunder Bay Chill, in which he tallied an assist and came close to scoring on several occasions.Gibson has extensive coaching experience, having coached youth boys and girls squads overseas in both Finland and Japan during his playing career.Gibson worked with the Des Moines Menace in the early 2000s prior to him being hired as the head coach for the West Michigan Edge of the USL Premier Development League from November 2003 to November 2004.