Archive · 3 Oct 2025
Tarleton State Coach Billy Gillispie on Leave Amid Complaint
The Tarleton State basketball coach, Billy Gillispie, is on temporary leave because of an anonymous complaint.
The school announced this week, and the assistant coach, Glynn Cyprien, will take over.
Gillispie has faced scrutiny before at Texas Tech and Kentucky, where he was fired.
During his career, he has coached at multiple schools, including Kentucky and Texas Tech.
He is known for turning programs around and has made it to the NCAA tournament four times.
Billy Gillispie is on administrative leave from Tarleton State.
The leave follows an anonymous complaint received by the university.
Associate head coach Glynn Cyprien is serving as acting head coach.
Gillispie previously faced issues at Texas Tech and Kentucky.
Gillispie has a long coaching career with multiple head coaching jobs.
- Who
- Billy Gillispie and Glynn Cyprien
- What
- Gillispie placed on administrative leave
- When
- This week
- Where
- Tarleton State University
- Why
- An anonymous complaint
- Coach
- Billy Gillispie
- University
- Tarleton State
- Leave Status
- Administrative
- Acting Head Coach
- Glynn Cyprien
- Reason for Leave
- Anonymous Complaint
- Previous Jobs
- Kentucky, Texas Tech
