Billy Gillispie is the living, breathing punchline of several Kentucky basketball jokes. To some, Billy Gillispie is a basketball joke. Gillispie is even a curse word in some circles around the Bluegrass.
But today, let’s be proud of a man who appears to have turned things around for the good, loving life and making a difference in a new situation.
That is the new Billy Gillispie — the head coach at his alma mater, Ranger College, in a small Texas town. It’s nowhere near the job he had in Lexington, but it seems to be the perfect job for him.