Billy Gillispie - Net Worth, Age, Height, Birthday, Bio, Wiki!
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Updated on January 09, 2026
Explore Billy Gillispie net worth, age, height, bio, birthday, wiki, and salary! 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. In this article, we will discover how old is Billy Gillispie? Who is Billy Gillispie dating now & how much money does Billy Gillispie have?
| Name | Billy Gillispie |
| First Name | Billy |
| Last Name | Gillispie |
| Occupation | Basketball Coach |
| Birthday | November 7 |
| Birth Year | 1959 |
| Place of Birth | Abilene |
| Home Town | Texas |
| Birth Country | United States |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Full/Birth Name | |
| Parents | Winifred Gillispie, Clyde Gillispie |
| Siblings | Not Available |
| Spouse | Misty Meyer |
| Children(s) | Not Available |
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. 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.
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.
Billy Gillispie Net Worth
Billy 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: January 13, 2024)
He was a basketball player in Graford High School and Ranger College.
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Salary | Under Review |
| Source of Income | Basketball Coach |
| Cars | Not Available |
| House | Living in own house. |
Gillispie was hired as the head coach of the men’s basketball team at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in 2002.
Although the Miners were predicted to finish ninth in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for the 2003–04 season, UTEP instead captured their first conference title in 12 years. The team finished 24–8 and received a bid to the 2004 NCAA Tournament. The 18-win improvement was the best in Division I basketball that season, and one of the best in Division I history. As a result of their success, the Miners built a huge home following, ranking first in the NCAA in increased attendance. After his second season with the Miners, Gillispie was named Texas coach of the Year by the TABC and was a finalist for National Coach of the Year honors.
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After a year as an assistant coach at South Plains College, in 1994, Gillispie moved to Division I college basketball as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Baylor University under head coach Harry Miller. Miller and Gillispie had coached against each other in the same high school district as late as two years earlier, with Miller at Temple High School. The Baylor Bears’ 1996 recruiting class was ranked as high as number six in the nation. After three years at Baylor, Gillispie moved to the University of Tulsa to be an assistant coach under Bill Self. When Self moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign, Gillispie followed, working as an assistant there for the next two years. During those two seasons, Fighting Illini won back-to-back Big Ten Conference titles for the first time in 50 years, advancing to the Elite Eight in the 2001 NCAA Tournament and to the Sweet 16 in the 2002 NCAA Tournament. With Gillispie’s assistance, Illinois landed a top 10 recruiting class in 2002.
Who is Billy Gillispie Dating?
According to our records, Billy Gillispie married to Misty Meyer . As of January 13, 2024, Billy Gillispie’s is not dating anyone.
Relationships Record: We have no records of past relationships for Billy Gillispie. You may help us to build the dating records for Billy Gillispie!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.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
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| Height | Unknown |
| Weight | Not Known |
| Body Measurements | Under Review |
| Eye Color | Not Available |
| Hair Color | Not Available |
| Feet/Shoe Size | Not Available |
Kentucky missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 1991, and received a 4th seed in the NIT, defeating UNLV and Creighton in the opening and second rounds before losing to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the quarterfinals. Kentucky finished the year with an 8–8 record in conference and 22–14 overall. The record tied for the second-most losses ever in the program’s history.
Although the Aggies lost Antoine Wright to the NBA Draft following the 2004–05 season, the team did not suffer the predicted drop-off, and actually broke a streak of twenty-five years without being ranked in the poll. The Aggies finished the regular season with a 21–8 record, including a 10–6 conference record and a fourth-place finish in the Big 12, the best finish and most wins for Texas A&M since the formation of the conference in 1996. For the first time since 1987, Texas A&M received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. As a twelfth-seeded team, the Aggies upset the Big East Conference champion Syracuse Orange in the first round of the tournament but then lost in the second round to eventual Final Four participant, the LSU Tigers, by the score of 58–57 on a three-pointer that LSU made in the final seconds of the game. Following the season, Gillispie was named the Big 12 Conference Coach of the Year by several major newspapers and was named the Texas College Coach of the Year by the TABC.
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?
| 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
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