Gordie Gillespie College coach
Gordie Gillespie (born March 14, 1926) is a retired American baseball, football and basketball coach. He was a head baseball coach for 58 years at Lewis University, Ripon College, and the University of St. Francis. With a career coaching record of 1,893–952–2, Gillespie had the most wins of any coach in college baseball history until being passed by Auggie Garrido of Texas in 2014. He had held the title as college baseball's winningest coach since 1993 when he passed the prior record set by USC's Rod Dedeaux. He won his 1,800th game in April 2009 at age 82. He was also inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.
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| Birth date | March 14, 1926 |
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| overall record | 1893–952–2 (college baseball) 220–117 (college basketball) 222–54–6 (high school football) |