Dick Gibney

Richard Phillip "Dick" Gibney (December 9, 1943 – February 25, 1986) was an American coach and administrator who was the head wrestling coach at Boston University and athletic director at Lehigh University.

Wrestling A native of Saratoga Springs, New York, Gibney attended Springfield College and was a member of the wrestling team that finished the 1965–66 season with the #1 ranking in the NCAA College Division. During his tenure as head coach, Gibney led BU to a 90–15 record. 15 of his wrestlers won New England championships and 11 competed in the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. He was named New England wrestling coach of the year in 1970 and 1975. He remained in this role until John Simpson was hired the following year. In 1976, Gibney left BU to become the associate athletic director at Syracuse University. He was a finalist for the athletic director's job at California State University, Fullerton in 1981, the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in 1983 and the University of Oregon in 1984.

On January 1, 1985, Ginbey became the athletic director at Lehigh University. On February 25, 1986, campus police found Gibney's body in the shower next to his office. According to Northampton County Deputy Coroner Ed Madden, Gibney had tied a leather athletic jump rope around an overhead heating pipe and hanged himself.