Steve Gillispie in an American

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coach, formerly the head coach of the

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program. He served in that role from 2013–2016. Gillispie played college baseball at Northwest Missouri State and Fort Hays State, and began his coaching career at Fort Hays State. His early coaching stops included assisting for two seasons each at

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(where he recruited current head coach and former major leaguer

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) and

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followed by one season each at

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and

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before two seasons at UAB. He then scouted for the

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from 1997 through 2001 before returning to coaching as an assistant at Jacksonville State. While with the Gamecocks, helped lead a turnaround that resulted in nine 30 win seasons in Gillispie's 11 years. Gillispie was hired to his first head coaching job at Youngstown State in July 2012. In 2014, despite finishing the regular season in last place, Gillispie led Youngstown State to the Horizon League Conference Tournament championship, advancing to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 2004.

Head coaching record

The following table shows Gillispie's record as a head coach.

References

External links

Youngstown profile
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