- Mike Gillespie (baseball coach)
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Mike Gillespie Born May 7, 1940
Los Angeles, California, U.S.Occupation Baseball Coach Known for Head Coach for USC 1987-2006 Mike Gillespie (born May 7, 1940) is a college baseball coach best known for leading the University of Southern California Trojans from 1987 to 2006. He coached the Trojans to the 1998 College World Series (CWS) championship.
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Career
College
Gillespie posted a 763-471-2 (.618) record as the coach of USC. In addition to the 1998 championship, he led USC to the CWS in 1995, 2000 and 2001, with the 1995 team advancing to the title game. In 2005, 13 former players coached by Gillespie were playing in Major League Baseball, while six of his former players were All-Stars including(Mark Prior, Barry Zito, Aaron Boone, Bret Boone, Geoff Jenkins 2003 and Morgan Ensberg in 2005. He retired from the Trojans in 2006.
Gillespie also played baseball at USC under coach Rod Dedeaux, and was a member of the 1961 College World Series champions. Along with Jerry Kindall, he is one of only two individuals who have both played for and coached a College World Series champion. He was succeeded as USC's head coach by Chad Kreuter, a former major league catcher who is also married to Gillespie's daughter Kelly.
In September 2007, Gillespie was named coach UC Irvine's baseball team, replacing Dave Serrano, who had just guided the Anteaters to their first CWS appearance but left to take over at Cal State Fullerton, his alma mater, after George Horton left Fullerton to head the new program at Oregon.[1]
On January 8, 2010, Gillespie was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame.
Professional
On February 2, 2007, Gillespie was named manager of the NY-Penn League Staten Island Yankees. He replaced Gaylen Pitts, who led the Baby Bombers to their second consecutive NY-Penn League Championship.
References
- ^ Peter Yoon, Gillespie to coach UC Irvine, Los Angeles Times, September 25, 2007.
USC Trojans head baseball coaches No coach (1889) • No team (1890–1891) • No coach (1892–1894) • No team (1895) • No coach (1896) • No team (1897) • No coach (1898–1900) • No team (1901) • No coach (1902–1907) • Harvey Holmes (1908) • No coach (1909–1910) • Curtiss Bernard (1911) • Len Burrell (1912) • No coach (1913) • George Wheeler (1914) • Ralph Glaze (1915) • Charles Millikan (1916) • Charles Millikan & Phil Koerner (1917) • No coach (1918) • No team (1919) • Gus Henderson (1920) • Gus Henderson & Willis O. Hunter (1921) • No coach (1922) • George Wheeler (1923) • Sam Crawford (1924–1929) • Sam Barry (1930–1941) • Sam Barry & Rod Dedeaux (1942) • Rod Dedeaux (1943–1945) • Sam Barry & Rod Dedeaux (1946–1950) • Rod Dedeaux (1951–1986) • Mike Gillespie (1987–2006) • Chad Kreuter (2007–2010) • Frank Cruz (2010– )
Categories:- 1940 births
- Living people
- USC Trojans baseball coaches
- USC Trojans baseball players
- University of Southern California alumni
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles, California
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