Billy Gillispie And His Downfall

On September 20, 2012 Texas Tech coach, Billy Gillispie turned in his letter of resignation as the men's basketball head coach. The letter included Gillispie resigned mainly because of health reasons such as high blood pressure and stress. A lot of people think Gillispie gave Taxas Tech a bad image and it was basically a marriage that didn't work. He has been criticized for violating NCAA practice-time rules and mistreated players to the point of causing injury. In 2007, Gillispie was known as one of the top coaches in NCAA men's basketball bringing his team, Texas A&M, all the way to the sweet 16 of the NCAA tournament. To being fired by Kentucky in 2009. Then being hired again to Texas Tech, to now, in which he may never become a basketball coach again. The Red Raiders were 8-23 overall, 1-17 in the Big 12, in Gillispie's lone season as successor to Pat Knight. The school said Gillispie will be paid for the rest of his contract, which runs through April 30, 2013.


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