Mike Gillespie (baseball)

Mike Gillespie
Sport(s) Baseball
Biographical details
Born (1940-05-07) May 7, 1940
Los Angeles, California
Playing career
1960–1961 USC
Position(s) Infielder / Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1971–1986 College of the Canyons
1987–2006 USC
2007 Staten Island Yankees
2008–2018 UC Irvine
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1977–1986 Canyons
Head coaching record
Overall College: 1,156–720–2 (.616)
Professional: 47–28 (.627)
Tournaments NCAA: 75–44 (.630)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

As player:

As head coach:

  • College World Series (1998)
  • 4× Pac-10 Southern Division (1991, 1995, 1996, 1998)
  • 2× Pac-10 Playoff (1995, 1996)
  • 2× Pac-10 (2001, 2002)
  • Big West (2009)
Awards

(1991, 1995, 1996)

  • Pac-10 Coach of the Year (2002)
  • Big West Coach of the Year (2009)
  • 3× ABCA West Region Coach of the Year (1996, 1998, 2014)
  • ABCA Hall of Fame (2010)

Michael James Gillespie (born May 7, 1940) is a former American college baseball coach. Gillespie served as the head coach at UC Irvine and head coach at USC from 1987 to 2006 and led USC to the 1998 College World Series championship.

Career

College

Gillespie started his coaching career at the College of the Canyons, a California junior college. He started the school's baseball program in spring 1971 after the school's fall 1969 founding. In sixteen seasons as head coach, he had a 420–167 record.[1]

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, and Geoff Jenkins in 2003, and Morgan Ensberg in 2005). He resigned from USC on June 2, 2006.[2]

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.[3]

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 New York–Penn League Staten Island Yankees. He replaced Gaylen Pitts, who led the team to its second consecutive New York–Penn League Championship. In his only season, he led them to a 47-28 record.

Head coaching record

Below is a table of Gillespie's yearly records as an NCAA head baseball coach.[1][4][5]

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
USC Trojans (Pacific-10 Conference) (1987–2006)
1987 USC 32–2812–18T–5th (South)
1988 USC 36–2613–174th (South)NCAA Regional
1989 USC 41–2516–143rd (South)NCAA Regional
1990 USC 40–2218–123rd (South)NCAA Regional
1991 USC 46–17–123–71st (South)NCAA Regional
1992 USC 28–2613–176th (South)
1993 USC 35–2915–154th (South)NCAA Regional
1994 USC 41–2019–113rd (South)NCAA Regional
1995 USC 49–2121–91st (South)College World Series
1996 USC 44–16–124–61st (South)NCAA Regional
1997 USC 42–2017–133rd (South)NCAA Regional
1998 USC 49–1721–91st (South)CWS Champions
1999 USC 36–2617–72ndNCAA Super Regional
2000 USC 44–2016–84thCollege World Series
2001 USC 45–1918–61stCollege World Series
2002 USC 37–2417–71stNCAA Super Regional
2003 USC 28–2811–13T–5th
2004 USC 24–3210–14T–6th
2005 USC 41–2215–9T–3rdNCAA Super Regional
2006 USC 25–3311–13T–5th
USC: 763–471–2 (.618)327–225 (.592)
UC Irvine Anteaters (Big West Conference) (2008–2018)
2008 UC Irvine 42–1814–10T–3rdNCAA Super Regional
2009 UC Irvine 45–1522–21stNCAA Regional
2010 UC Irvine 39–2117–72ndNCAA Regional
2011 UC Irvine 43–1816–82ndNCAA Super Regional
2012 UC Irvine 31–2513–114th
2013 UC Irvine 33–2215–12T–4th
2014 UC Irvine 41–2515–93rdCollege World Series
2015 UC Irvine 33–2315–93rd
2016 UC Irvine 31–2511–138th
2017 UC Irvine 23–339–157th
2018 UC Irvine 32–2413–11T–3rd
UC Irvine: 393–249 (.612)162–105 (.607)
Total:1,156–720–2 (.616)

      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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Head Coach Mike Gillespie". UCIrvineSports.com. UC Irvine. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Mike Gillespie". USC. June 2, 2006. Archived from the original on August 19, 2006. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  3. ↑ Yoon, Peter (September 25, 2007). "Gillespie to coach UC Irvine". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2018 Baseball Standings". Big West Conference. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
  5. ↑ "NCAA Statistics: Mike Gillespie". NCAA. Retrieved June 12, 2018.
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