Billy Gillispie
Billy Gillispie
Billy Clyde Gillispie, also known by his initials BCG and Billy Clyde, is an American college basketball coach who is the current athletic director and men's basketball head coach at Ranger College. Gillispie has previously been head coach at the UTEP, Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth7 November 1959
change fans good help home program team
With 44,000 students, we have to have 10,000 fans here if they want to help our team win. We want fans to come see the home team and not just to see a good opponent. To have the program where we want it, we have to change our expectations.
playing worthy
We are worthy of playing in the tournament, but I am not politicking. We have to do more to get that chance, though.
chance meant program talking
We wouldn't be talking about having a chance to play in the postseason. And the development of this program wouldn't be where it is now. He's meant everything to us.
bunch came early great shots win
We came out and made a bunch of shots early and got a little confidence. It's a great win for us.
ability impossible performance
For his ability level, 100 percent, it's impossible to get more than that. What a performance when we need it the most.
decided four game
Every basket's big in a game decided by four points, but those were very big baskets for a freshman.
best
That's the best one we've had here in my two years at A&M.
paying question
No, I think we were already in. I'm not a politician, but if you're paying attention, there's no question about it.
hard
It's hard to make baskets in this league.
stood terrible zone
It was terrible zone offense. It's my fault. We stood around and watched.
bunch close fitting fought game games hard loss season tough won
It was a tough loss and a hard fought game. It was a very competitive game. I thought it was very fitting the way the game ended. We had so many close games all season long. We won a bunch of them in that fashion.
specialize ugly win
It was a real ugly win for us, and that's what we specialize in.
captured fun interest name until watch
They captured everyone's interest and imagination. ... It was fun to watch them until they called our name to play them. Then, it wasn't so funny.
against basketball great history programs win winning
It's a great win for us against one of the most well-respected, winning basketball programs in the history of the game.