Gordie Gillespie

Gordie Gillespie (April 14, 1926 – February 28, 2015) was an American baseball, football and basketball coach. He was a head baseball coach for 58 years at Lewis University, Ripon College, and the University of St. Francis. With a career coaching record of 1,893–952–2, Gillespie had the most wins of any coach in college baseball history until being passed by Augie Garrido of Texas in 2014. He won his 1,800th game in April 2009 at age 82. He was also inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.

Playing career Gillespie graduated from Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, and enrolled at DePaul University. He played basketball at DePaul under coach Ray Meyer and toured with the College All-Stars when they played the Harlem Globetrotters.

Asked about retirement in 2006, Gillespie said, "God will retire me. He'll tell me when it's time."

Gillespie passed the St. Francis coaching reins to his assistant coach, Brian Michalak, for 2012. He died on February 28, 2015.

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