MEDIA BRIEF
JOE GIBBS’
GAME PLAN FOR LIFE BREAKFAST
at Boise State University
Former Washington Redskins coach and current NASCAR owner Joe Gibbs knows a thing or two
about game plans. In the NFL, his one-back offense produced three Super Bowl titles and has
captured a trio of Sprint Cup Championships as owner of Joe Gibbs Racing. Now, he and former
Washington Redskin’s defensive end, Renaldo Wynn, are coming to Boise to help men
become champions in all facets of life.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2015, 6:30-8:00 A.M.
Caven-Williams Indoor Sports Field, Boise State University
$50 PER TICKET OR $40 FOR 2 OR MORE SEATS. (PICK YOUR SEATS ONLINE)
BUY TICKETS AT WWW.GIBBSBOISETICKETS.COM
EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
Join over 1,000 fans and community leaders as they look beyond the field for understanding and
wisdom of what it takes to be a champion in life. Listen in as Coach Gibbs tells his Football and
NASCAR stories and how God has been his life’s head coach. Renaldo
Wynn will join coach and take us through his professional football
experience and the challenges that face everyone in their walk of life.
THE WALK-THROUGH
• The Caven Williams complex will be turned into a carefully planned
banquet facility for all attendees.
• The morning will begin with breakfast and NFL and NASCAR highlights
shown on big screens at the 50 yard line.
• Renaldo and Coach Gibbs run through their pesonal stories and The
Game Plan for Life playbook.
• Fans will have an opportunity to receive a free copy of Coach Gibbs New
York Times Best Seller, “Gameplan for Life” and potentially a photo with
the Coach while wearing one of his 3 Superbowl rings.
Event based on Gibbs’
2009 best-selling book.
A free copy of the book
will be given to each
person attending.
ABOUT JOE
“In the game of life, God - our head coach - is the single
most important factor in winning”
-JOE GIBBS
Joe Gibbs was born November 25, 1940 in Mocksville, North
Carolina. He is in the Pro Football Hall of Fame due to his
success as coach of the Redskins. During Joe Gibbs’ first
tenure with the Redskins, from 1981-1992, he led them to
eight playoff appearances, four NFC championships, and three
Super Bowl titles. During Coach Gibbs’ second tenure with the
Redskins (between 2004-2008), he led them to the NFC
playoffs in his second year back.
Coach Gibbs started coaching as an offensive line coach
under Don Coryell at San Diego State from 1964-1966,
held the same position at Florida State from 1967-1968.
He then served under John McKay at USC from 19691970 and Frank Boyles at Arkansas, from 1971-1972. In
the pro ranks he served as an offensive backfield coach for
the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1973-1977, again for Don
Coryell; was offensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, in 1978, under McKay, and rejoined Coryell with
the San Diego Chargers for the 1979 and 1980 seasons.
With Gibbs as the offensive coordinator for the Chargers,
the “Air Coryell” offense set numerous records, including
becoming the first ever to average more than 400 yards per
game of total offense. In 1981 Redskins’ owner Jack Kent
Cooke gave Joe Gibbs a chance to become a head coach
after 17 years as an assistant coach.
As Joe finished up coaching, his good friend Don Meredith
began exploring NASCAR for opportunities to race and Joe
Gibbs Racing was launched in 1991. With major sponsors
like Home Depot, FedEx, Mars Candy, Coca Cola and Toyota, Joe Gibbs Racing is a powerhouse which has won three Cup championships. His Nextel Cup
team includes Kyle Busch, Joey Logano and Denny Hamlin. The main race shop is in Huntersville,
NC, employing over 450 and occupying a 250,000 square foot facility.
Serving others through Christian ministry has always been close to Joe Gibbs’ heart and in 1986
he helped found Youth for Tomorrow, a residential youth home, private school, and counseling
center for at-risk teenage girls and boys in the Washington metropolitan area. More than 800
young people have been touched by the center. Coach Gibbs lives in North Carolina. He is married
to Pat and has two sons, JD (Melissa) and Coy (Heather), and eight grandchildren.
ABOUT RENALDO
Renaldo Wynn has spent most of his life making an
impact on the football field. When he retired from
the NFL following the 2009 season, opposing
quarterbacks likely rejoiced that the powerful
defensive end would have to find another venue to
make an impact.
Wynn found that opportunity in 2012 when he joined
his former Coach of the Washington Redskins at his NASCAR headquarters just outside of Charlotte, North Carolina. While Wynn assists the marketing department at Joe Gibbs Racing his primary responsibility is serving Coach Gibbs with an important message that can help others: God
left us His game plan for our lives with the Bible. Game Plan for Life was a NY Times
Bestseller and is also the name of Coach’s ministry.
Wynn was a first round draft choice (21st overall) by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 1997 after a
stellar collegiate career at the University of Notre Dame. Wynn would play his first five NFL
seasons with the Jaguars before coming to Washington prior to the start of the 2002 season. He
played five seasons for the Redskins including three under Coach Gibbs, who had shocked the
sporting world in 2004 by announcing a return to the football field. Wynn moved to New Orleans
in 2007 and then New York in 2008 to play for the Giants where he was reunited with Coach Tom
Coughlin, who drafted him out of Notre Dame when he was head coach of the Jaguars. Wynn
returned to Washington for one final season in 2009 before retiring.
A fan of racing, Wynn remained in contact with Coach and in 2012, Gibbs invited him to join the
Game Plan for Life team to help Coach share God’s game plan for life message found in the Bible.
Wynn and his wife LaTanya founded Family of Faith and The Renaldo Wynn Foundation in 2004
and were instrumental in starting the “Adopt a Child for the Holidays” program which partnered
with corporations in the Washington, DC area to give gift cards to needy children during the
Christmas season. The two now live in the Charlotte area with their daughter.
GAME PLAN FOR LIFE MEDIA CONTACT:
LOCAL MEDIA CONTACT:
Derrick Crawford
Director of Game Plan for Life
704-944-5010
[email protected]
Bobby Kuber
Local PR Outreach
208-818-1950
[email protected]
EVENT HOST: SEARCH BOISE
Search-Boise was created to help men and women who are searching for
meaningful answers to life’s tough questions. We like to create nonthreatening environments where all kinds of religious beliefs and
perspectives can be shared and explored openly. Located in 23 cites across
the country, Search Boise is part of a national organization (Search)
dedicated to impacting their communities for Christ. The staff consists of
former pastors, industry leaders, former NFL players, and more.
Search Boise is headed up by Area Director, Jon Strain. Raised in Montana,
Jon earned a BA (Speech) at Idaho State University and Master of Divinity at
Western Seminary, Portland. Jon and his wife Pam, are co-authors Spiritual
Seeds. He has served in a pastoral role with college students in Utah, a church
pastor in Utah and Idaho, and now considers himself “a pastor to the spiritually
disenfranchised” in the Boise area.
GAME PLAN FOR LIFE MEDIA CONTACT:
LOCAL MEDIA CONTACT:
Derrick Crawford
Director of Game Plan for Life
704-944-5010
[email protected]
Bobby Kuber
Local PR Outreach
208-818-1950
[email protected]