Steve Gillispie in an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of the Youngstown State Penguins baseball program. He served in that role from 2013–2016.[1][2][3][4]

Steve Gillispie
Biographical details
BornBeatrice, Nebraska
Playing career
1984–1985Northwest Missouri State
1986–1987Fort Hays State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1988–1989Fort Hays State
1990–1991Nebraska (asst.)
1992–1993Mendocino (asst.)
1994Lassen (asst.)
1995Utah (asst.)
1996–1997UAB (asst.)
2002–2012Jacksonville State (asst.)
2013–2016Youngstown State
Head coaching record
Overall93–203
TournamentsNCAA: 1–2 Horizon: 4–3
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Horizon Tournament: 2014

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 Nebraska (where he recruited current head coach and former major leaguer Darin Erstad) and Mendocino College followed by one season each at Lassen College and Utah before two seasons at UAB. He then scouted for the Philadelphia Phillies 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.[1][2][3] 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

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

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Fort Hays State (Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference) (1988–1989)
1988 Fort Hays State 15–23
1989 Fort Hays State 17–29
Fort Hays State: 32–52 (.381)
Youngstown State Penguins (Horizon League) (2013–2016)
2013 Youngstown State 14–41 8–16 5th Horizon League tournament[a]
2014 Youngstown State 17–38 6–17 6th NCAA Regional
2015 Youngstown State 16–34 9–21 5th Horizon League tournament[b]
2016 Youngstown State 14–38 5–21 7th
Youngstown State: 61–151 28–75
Total: 93–203

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ^ All five of the Horizon League's teams qualified for the tournament in 2013.
  2. ^ All six of the Horizon League's teams qualified for the tournament in 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b "Steve Gillispie". Youngstown State Penguins. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  2. ^ a b Al Muskewitz (July 17, 2012). "JSU baseball assistant gets Youngstown head coaching gig". Anniston Star. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Report:YSU baseball to hire Gillispie". Vindy.com. July 4, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
  4. ^ "Gillispie takes helm at Youngstown". NCAA. July 10, 2012. Retrieved October 31, 2013.
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