Gordie Gillespie

Who is Gordie Gillespie?

Gordie Gillespie is an American baseball, football and basketball coach. He has been a head baseball coach for 58 years at Lewis University, Ripon College, and the University of St. Francis. With a career coaching record of 1,893–952–2, Gillespie has the most wins of any coach in college baseball history. He has held the title as college baseball's winningest coach since 1993 when he passed the prior record set by USC's Rod Dedeaux. He won his 1,800th game in April 2009 at age 82. He was also inducted into the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2009.