Tiffany Gibson joined the San Diego women's basketball program in June of 2021 as its Director of Basketball Operations. She will enter her fifth season with the Toreros in 2026-2027.
Gibson oversees and manages every aspect of the program's day-to-day operations, including travel, nutrition, administrative support, and liaising with USD's academics, equipment, sports information, marketing, and compliance staff.
Gibson has served under two head coaches at USD. Hired by Cindy Fisher, she helped run a 2022-23 season in which the Toreros finished third in the West Coast Conference and advanced to the Super 16 of the WNIT. She was retained by Blanche Alverson in June 2025 as the new staff was assembled, and in Alverson's first year San Diego improved by four wins and reached the second round of the 2026 WCC Tournament in Las Vegas.
"Tiffany is the engine behind so much of what we do," said Alverson. "She's detail-oriented and incredibly committed to our team's success. Her organization and care for our student-athletes make a huge impact on our culture. We're lucky to have someone with her work ethic and heart continuing to work with our program."
Gibson came to USD from the University of Portland, where she first served as the Pilots' director of operations from 2015-18, and then as an assistant coach for 2018-19, before returning to the director of operations role in her final year at UP.
Prior to her stint at Portland, Gibson was an assistant coach at San Joaquin Delta College for three seasons. Gibson assisted with every aspect of the program, including recruiting, team travel, developing and running youth summer camps, organizing and instructing all camps and clinics, academic assistance, monitoring, video analysis and breakdown, team scouting and scouting reports and game and practice analysis. While at SJDC, she helped lead the Mustangs to a Big 8 Conference Championship and reach the Elite 8 three times and California State Final Four twice while on staff.
Previously, Gibson was an assistant coach at Cal State Stanislaus for one season (2011-12) and a volunteer assistant women’s basketball video coordinator at the University of California (2010-11). Gibson also spent a year as a volunteer assistant coach at Cal State Hayward (2009-10).
Gibson began her basketball coaching career as the girls’ varsity assistant coach for the Emery Unified School District (2003-09). From 2004-08, she was the Sports Director for the Emeryville Recreation Department.
On the court, Gibson was a team captain and a Second-Team All-Conference pick while playing for Merritt College in Oakland, California (2001-2003). Gibson graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from Cal State Hayward in 2011 and earned a Master of Coaching Athletics & Administration from Concordia University Irvine.
