Billy Gillispie College coach

Billy Clyde Gillispie (/ɡɨˈlɪspi/ gə-LIS-pee), also known by his initials BCG, is a former American college basketball coach. Gillispie has coached the UTEP Miners, Texas A&M Aggies, Kentucky Wildcats, and most recently, the Texas Tech Red Raiders.After leading both UTEP Miners and Texas A&M Aggies 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.

Personal facts

Billy Gillispie
Alias (AKA)Gillispie Billy Clyde
Birth dateNovember 07, 1959
Birth place
Abilene Texas , United States

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coached team
Copperas Cove Independent School District
Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball
Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball
Canyon High School (New Braunfels Texas)
Texas A&M Aggies men's basketball
Tulsa Golden Hurricane men's basketball
Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball
South Plains College
Ellison High School
Texas State Bobcats
Killeen High School
Baylor Bears basketball
UTEP Miners basketball
overall record148–108

Billy Gillispie on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://ukathletics.com/20070406_bkm_pressconf_video.html
  2. http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/gillispie_billy00.html