Billy Gillispie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Billy Gillispie
Occupation	Basketball Coach
Date Of Birth	Nov 7, 1959(1959-11-07)
Age	65
Birthplace	Abilene
Country	United States
Birth City	Texas
Horoscope	Scorpio

Billy Gillispie Biography

Billy Gillispie is one of the most popular and richest Basketball Coach who was born on November 7, 1959 in Abilene, Texas, United States. Basketball coach who enjoyed an extremely successful time in Texas A&M, winning Big 12 Coach of the Year award in 2005 and 2007. She also as the director of the University of Kentucky from 2007 until 2009. He before spending the 2011-12 season as a coach at Texas Tech.

He was the coach of his team the Kentucky Wildcats from 2007 to 2009 before being substituted in 2009 by He coach the Kentucky Wildcats from 2007 to 2009, before being replaced by John Calipari..

Billy Clyde Gillispie (/ɡ ɪ ˈ l ɪ s p i / ghih-LIS -pee; born November 7, 1959), also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is an American college basketball and current men’s basketball coach at Tarleton State. Gillispie had previously been head coach at UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, Texas Tech.

Gillispie spent the next few years building a coaching resume, spending two years as an assistant high school basketball coach before becoming a head coach at Copperas Cove High School in 1987. From 1987 to 1993, Gillispie held three high school head coaching positions. He was nominated for Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) high school coach of the year for his 1992–1993 season with Ellison High School in Killeen, Texas, which set school records for winning percentage and points scored and ended the season ranked 4th in the state.

He was the son of Winifred as well as Clyde Gillispie.

Billy Gillispie Net Worth

Billy Gillispie is one of the richest Basketball Coach from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Billy Gillispie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was a basketball player in Graford High School and Ranger College.

He was the one who led UTEP to an WAC Regular Season Championship in 2004.

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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Who is Billy Gillispie Dating?

According to our records, Billy Gillispie married to Misty Meyer. As of December 1, 2023, Billy Gillispie’s is not dating anyone.

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In the exhibition games preceding the 2003–04 season, Gillispie’s UTEP Miners defeated the Harlem Globetrotters 89–88, after the Globetrotters had already defeated many college teams including the then-defending national champion, Syracuse Orange. It was the first defeat the Harlem Globetrotters had suffered in 289 games.

Facts & Trivia

Billy Ranked on the list of most popular Basketball Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Billy Gillispie celebrates birthday on November 7 of every year.

A February 11, 2007, The Dallas Morning News article described Gillispie as a self-professed workaholic during his time at Texas A&M. Despite the fact that he had three assistants who watched opponents’ game film and summarized it for him, he sometimes watched as many as fifteen of an opponent’s games, often working as late as 2 or 3 a.m. to ensure he had adequate time to devote to the task. He stated that his eight-year marriage ended because he could not find a balance between work and home. With the sheer number of hours he spent working, Gillispie often did not have time to even shop for groceries, once going as long as six months without any food in his refrigerator.

Why did Billy Gillispie leave Kentucky?

After just two years, Kentucky had had enough. The school fired Gillispie on Friday, citing philosophical differences between the hard-scrabble coach and an administration that views its head coaching position as more than just another job.

Where is Billie Gillespie now?

Current position
2011–2012| Texas Tech
2015–2020| Ranger College
2020–present| Tarleton State
Head coaching record

Why did Billy Gillispie leave Texas A&M?

Gillispie, a West Texas native, resigned on Thursday, citing health concerns. “Billy has decided to focus on his health, and we wish him a full recovery,” athletic director Kirby Hocutt said in a news release. “We are proud of the young men that he has brought to this campus.

Is Billy Gillispie married?

Misty Meyer

Who all coached Kentucky basketball?

John Calipari