Illinois State to announce Gillespie as women’s basketball coach

Posted on April 3, 2017
Kristen Gillespie will be announced Tuesday afternoon as Illinois State’s new women’s basketball coach. (Lewis University photo)

 

By Greg Halbleib

NORMAL – Illinois State University plans to introduce Kristen Gillespie as its new women’s basketball coach on Tuesday afternoon.

Gillespie has spent the past two seasons as head coach at Lewis University, where the Flyers compiled a record of 51-12. She was the head coach at Benedictine University for the previous four seasons.

She played four seasons under legendary coach Kay Yow at North Carolina State from 1996-99, winning four letters and serving three seasons as captain and helping guide the Wolfpack to a Final Four appearance as the starting point guard in 1998.

The Redbirds plan to introduce Gillespie in the Hancock Stadium Club at a news conference at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

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