Billy Gillispie

LAWRENCEBURG Former University of Kentucky men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty Monday morning in Anderson District Court to driving under the influence. Gillispie,49, will have to pay a fine of about $1,000 and complete an alcohol-education program before his driver's license can be renewed in Kentucky. Gillispie's license was suspended for 30 days, but he was given credit for the time his license has been suspended...  

A judge has set a Feb. 10 trial date in the drunken-driving case against former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie. Gillispie wasn't in Anderson County District Court for Monday's hearing. Attorney William Patrick said he requested a delay in the... Sponsored Topics: Billy Gillispie - Driving under the influence - Kentucky - Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball - United States  

If you had been out of the country the last 10 months and dropped into the Kentucky-Miami (Ohio) game Monday night, you might have thought Billy Gillispie was still Kentucky's coach. One big man, DeMarcus Cousins, was at the high post. From there, he tried to pass the ball to another big man, Patrick Patterson, in the low post. That was Gillispie's power-oriented high-low approach to offense. Huh? Hadn't Gillispie been fired last spring...  

Weeks after firing men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie, the University of Kentucky's lawyers proposed giving him a $925,000 buyout an offer that was far enough from what Gillispie sought that it set off five months of legal wrangling. Demetrios Anaipakos, Gillispie's Texas-based attorney, said Thursday that Gillispie had wanted to negotiate but that the tone and substance of UK's offer, which came in a May 1 letter from the university's...  

The University of Kentucky and the UK Athletic Association have settled their contract dispute with former UK men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie. The agreement gives Gillispie $2.98 million. UK also agreed to pay more than $265,000 in legal and mediation fees. Gillispie was seeking more than $6 million for breach of contract and fraud related to his firing two years into a seven-year agreement. The suit was filed in May. Gillispie was...  

LEXINGTON, Ky. - An attorney for former Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie said Friday his client was reluctant to sue the school but decided he had no choice after receiving a settlement offer for less than one-sixth what he believed he was contractually owed.  

By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist Think the salary structure for college sports isn't out of whack? Check out Billy Gillispie's good fortune. Gillispie parlayed a successful three years as Texas A&M's basketball coach in the Big 12 into leading the prized program at the University of Kentucky. read more  

A day after a prosecutor said she had offered a plea bargain to former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie on drunken-driving charges, Anderson County attorney Bobbi Jo Lewis said Gillispie would have to plead guilty to DUI.  

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LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Former men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie and the University of Kentucky have settled their cases over his firing for nearly $3 million, the school said Tuesday.Gillispie was dismissed earlier this year and sued for breach of co ...  

The University of Kentucky says it has settled a lawsuit with former men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie and have settled their cases over his firing for nearly $3 million.  

New Kentucky Coach John Calipari does not believe in tough practices on the day of games. Nor does he think much of criticism directed at his predecessor, Billy Gillispie , for conducting tough practices the day of games. " Rick ( Pitino ) would do the same thing," Calipari said last week. "But he won. So it was great stuff." When asked about Gillispie's tough day-of-game practices and the subsequent complaining about the players having...  

Former TU assistant Gillespie pleads guilty to DUI: Former Kentucky coach Billy Gillispie pleaded guilty to driving under the influence of alcohol. Gillispie, who was once an assistant coach at Tulsa, was given the maximum penalty for a first-time ...  

The University of Kentucky and its former basketball coach Billy Gillispie settled a multi-million dollar lawsuit on Tuesday... the Louisville Courier-Journal reported..from ABC News 4  

On the morning of new University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari's first Big Blue Madness (formerly Midnight Madness), we are much relieved that the Management Madness that was the Billy Gillispie error sorry, era is at last finished. Gillispie was simply a terrible hire. He shouldn't have gotten a job formerly held by coaching greats in the first place. Successful but short coaching stints at the University of Texas El Paso...