Billy Gillispie
Gillispie in February 2008
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| Sport(s) | Men's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Ranger JC |
| Conference | North Texas JC Athletic |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 7, 1959 Abilene, Texas |
| Alma mater | Southwest Texas State University |
| Playing career | |
| 1978–1980 | Ranger JC |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1982–1985 | Texas State (asst.) |
| 1985–1987 | Killeen HS (asst.) |
| 1987–1988 | Copperas Cove HS |
| 1988–1990 | Canyon HS |
| 1990–1993 | Ellison HS |
| 1993–1994 | South Plains JC (asst.) |
| 1994–1997 | Baylor (asst.) |
| 1997–2000 | Tulsa (asst.) |
| 2000–2002 | Illinois (asst.) |
| 2002–2004 | UTEP |
| 2004–2007 | Texas A&M |
| 2007–2009 | Kentucky |
| 2011–2012 | Texas Tech |
| 2015–2016 | Ranger JC |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 148–108 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| WAC regular season (2004) | |
| Awards | |
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Big 12 Coach of the Year (2005, 2007) SEC co-Coach of the Year (2008) |
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Billy Clyde Gillispie (/ɡᵻˈlɪspi/ gə-LIS-pee), also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is a former American college basketball coach who most recently coached men's basketball at Ranger College. Gillispie had previously been head coach at UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech.
After leading both UTEP and Texas A&M to postseason appearances one year after poor seasons, Gillispie became the only college basketball coach to be in charge of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) program with the biggest turnaround in two consecutive seasons. Gillispie was known as an excellent recruiter who has managed to put together four straight top-25 recruiting classes. In his three seasons at Texas A&M, the Aggies achieved three consecutive 20-win seasons for the first time in the program's history.
Billy Clyde Gillispie was born November 7, 1959 in Abilene, Texas, the middle child and only boy among five children of Clyde, a cattle truck driver, and Winifred Gillispie. He grew up in Graford, Texas, a town of 494 people located about 65 miles west of Fort Worth. As a child, Gillispie worked as a paperboy, delivering copies of The Fort Worth Press. At Graford High School, Gillispie played point guard for the basketball team and was a standout athlete in his graduating class of 20 students. He attended Ranger College, playing basketball and baseball for them from 1978 to 1980, before transferring to Sam Houston State University to work as a student assistant for their basketball team under coach Bob Derryberry, a former classmate of Gillispie's father. Derryberry moved to Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State University–San Marcos) the following year, and Gillispie accompanied him, spending three years as a graduate assistant. Gillispie received his degree in education from Southwest Texas State in 1983.
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