Personal: The 2007 season will mark Gaither's third year as a member of the Winston-Salem State University football coaching staff. A 1997 graduate of Elon University he will be primarily concerned with coaching the WSSU defensive backs as well as serving as the Rams' recruiting coordinator.

A standout collegiate football player, Gaither was a four-year starter at free safety at Elon University in Elon, NC. An All-South Region selection in both his junior and senior seasons at Elon he was named a Division II All-American in 1995.

Following his graduation from Elon in 1997, Gaither began his coaching career as an assistant football coach at Greensboro College in Greensboro, NC. After a pair of seasons at Greensboro College he accepted a position as the defensive line and defensive backs coach at Tusculum College in Greenville, TN.

In 2000 Gaither started a five-year career as a teacher and football coach at Thomasville City Schools in Thomasville, NC before accepting his current position at WSSU in the summer of 2005.

This season he returns a very talented WSSU defensive depth chart and he will look to help a WSSU pass defense that saw marked improvement last season.

Gaither is married to his wife of seven years, the former Mona Savonne Davis of Thomasville, NC and the couple reside in Kernersville, NC.