According to a report in the Courier-Journal Kentucky will announce today that Billy Gillispie is the new head coach of the basketball program. Gillispie has spent the last five seasons with Texas A&M where he compiled a record of 100-58.
Gillispie has proven to a be a coach that can turn programs around in his time on the bench. The former assistant coach under Bill Self got his first break when he was hired as head coach of UTEP in 2002. He took the Miners from a 6-24 team in 2002, to a 24-8 record and an NCAA Tournament birth in his second season.
With the Aggies, Gillispie took a team that was 7-21 the prior to his arrival and turned them into a team that won 20+ games in each of the last three seasons, including a top 10 ranking and a Sweet 16 birth this year.
Kentucky has announced a pep rally for this afternoon at 12:15, more updates will come as they unfold.
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