Former Kentucky, A&M Coach Looking To Create ‘Something Special’ At Home

By Tommy Wells
 
RANGER, Texas - When Billy Clyde Gillispie stepped down as the head coach with the Texas Tech Red Raiders in 2012 due to health reasons, he couldn’t see anything on the horizon that might tempt him to return to a career that had taken him to the top of the basketball world and had him mentioned with the likes of legends Adolf Rupp, Guy V. Lewis and Coach K. The end was at hand, he figured. he was And to be honest, he was OK with the idea of relaxing and slowing down.