Billy Gillispie
Alma Mater:
Southwest Texas State
Class of:
Hometown:
Graford, TX
- Assistant coach at Southwest Texas State under Bob Derryberry and Celester Collier for three seasons from 1982-83 through 1984-85, at South Plains Junior College (TX) under Larry Brown for one season in 1993-94, at Baylor under Harry Miller for three seasons from 1994-95 through 1996-97, at Tulsa under Bill Self for three seasons from 1997-98 through 1999-2000, and at Illinois under Self for two seasons in 2001-01 and 2001-02
- Final Top 20 Rankings (one: AP/USA)--2007 (7/9)
- All-Americans (two): Texas A&M's Acie Law IV (2007) and Kentucky's Jody Meeks (2009).
Record:
- Seven-Year Coaching Record: 140-85 (.622) overall
- 30-32 (.484) in two years at Texas-El Paso
- 70-26 (.729) in three years at Texas A&M
- 40-27 (.597) in two years at Kentucky
- - (.) in first year at Texas Tech
- 16-20 (.444) in Western Athletic Conference
- 31-17 (.646) in Big 12 Conference (31-17 with Texas A&M/- with Texas Tech)
- 20-12 (.625) in Southeastern Conference
- 3-2 (.600) in WAC Tournament
- 1-3 (.250) in Big 12 Tournament (1-3 with Texas A&M/- with Texas Tech)
- 1-2 (.333) in SEC Tournament
- 3-4 (.429) in NCAA Tournament
- 4-2 (.667) in NIT