A&M to name Gillispie as next head coach at 3pm

LA_Mustang · Post by **LA_Mustang** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:25 pm

From the DMN:

UT-El Paso’s Billy Gillispie will become Texas A&M’s next men’s basketball head coach and will be introduced at a news conference at 3 p.m. today at Reed Arena. "Obviously, certainly we would have liked to have him stay," UTEP athletic director Bob Stull said. "We had a great year and he did a tremendous job." Gillispie, 44, led UTEP to the biggest turnaround in the nation this season.

BigEasyPony · Post by **BigEasyPony** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 1:31 pm

I think he's a capable coach, but A&M is a graveyard.

RGV Pony · Post by **RGV Pony** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 2:59 pm

I won't mind at all if Franchione and Gillespie get their just desserts after pulling essentially the same caper at Alabama and UTEP

Waz · Post by **Waz** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 4:16 pm

BigEasy, there is no such thing as a permanent graveyard in basketball, as SMU is about to prove.

BigEasyPony · Post by **BigEasyPony** » Wed Mar 24, 2004 5:37 pm

A&M is a graveyard. That's not to say that Gillespie won't turn that program around on a short term basis. I think SMU has more potential to be a more competitive program than A&M. A&M competes in the BIG 12 and there is no way that A&M can be consistently competitive in that conference over the long term.