Coaching Career
In 2002, Gamble was named the first head men's basketball coach at the University of Illinois at Springfield, who began play in the American Midwest Conference of the NAIA that season. In his fourth year at the helm, 2005–06, Gamble coached the Prairie Stars to an AMC Tournament championship and a berth in the NAIA National Tournament. The next season, 2006–07, saw the Prairie Stars capture their first AMC regular season title outright, win their second consecutive AMC Tournamen,t and advance to the second round of the NAIA National Tournament. Gamble's team went 11–1 in conference play and 23–9 overall as his continued success earned Gamble his second AMC Coach of the Year honor. Two years later, in 2008–09, the team posted a 21–9 record in their final season of NAIA play. Beginning in 2009–10, the Prairie Stars joined the NCAA's Division II and the Great Lakes Valley Conference. Gamble's team posted an 11–13 record in their first year of NCAA competition.
In June 2010, Gamble resigned as head coach of the University of Illinois at Springfield to become the Director of Player Development and Video Operations for Providence College of the Big East Conference under head coach Keno Davis, the son of Gamble's coach at Iowa, Tom Davis. Gamble then was removed from his position when Keno Davis was fired in the summer of 2011.
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