Renee Luers-Gillispie Explained

Renee Luers-Gillispie
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Iowa
Current Conference:Big Ten
Birth Place:Livermore, California, USA
Player Years1:1980-1981
Player Team1:Kirkwood Community College
Player Years2:1982–1983
Player Team2:West Texas A&M
Player Positions:Pitcher
Coach Years1:1991–1992
Coach Team1:Joliet Junior College
Coach Years2:1993–1995
Coach Team2:Bradley University
Coach Years3:1996–1999
Coach Team3:Texas Tech
Coach Years4:2002–2018
Coach Team4:UCF
Coach Years5:2019–Present
Coach Team5:Iowa
Championships:C-USA Tournament Champions (2005, 2008)
American Regular Season Champions (2014)
NISC Champions (2023)
Awards:N4C Coach of the Year (1992)Conference (AAC) Coach of the Year (2017) NCAA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year (2017)

Renee Luers-Gillispie is an American college softball coach and a former college player. Luers-Gillispie is currently the head coach of the Iowa Hawkeyes softball team of the University of Iowa.[1]

Playing career

Luers-Gillispie first attended Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where she played for the softball team in 1981. After her freshman year, she transferred to West Texas A&M in Canyon, Texas, where she was a three-year starter. As a player, she set nine career pitching records including most wins, most strikeouts and most saves at West Texas A&M.<ref name="ucfbio"/>

In 2005, Luers-Gillispie was inducted into the West Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame.

Coaching career

Luers-Gillispie began her coaching career at Joliet Junior College in 1991. She became the head coach at Bradley University in 1993, and was named to the same position at Texas Tech in 1996.[2]

In 2000, Luers-Gillispie was hired by UCF to start the Knights softball program.[3] The UCF softball team began play in 2002.[4] The Knights played their first games on February 2, losing the first contest 2–3 to Bethune–Cookman, and winning their second game against Arkansas, 6–5.[5] In 2005 and 2008, Luers-Gillispie led the Knights to conference tournament championships, and the program has appeared in the NCAA Tournament five times, in 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, and 2014.[5] [6]

Personal life

Gillispie and her husband, Mark, were married in 1983 and currently reside in Iowa City, Iowa.

Head coaching record

College

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Renee Gillispie . HawkeyesSports.com . The University of Iowa Athletics . 22 February 2019.
  2. http://www.texastech.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/text/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/2010_SB_Media Texas Tech Red Raiders 2010 Softball Media Guide
  3. http://www.centralfloridafuture.com/softball-coach-still-building-program-1.1771147 Softball coach still building program.
  4. http://issuu.com/ucfathleticsoac/docs/2010ucfsoftballyearbook?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true 2010 UCF Knights Softball Media Guide
  5. http://ucfathletics.cstv.com/auto_pdf/p_hotos/s_chools/ucf/sports/w-softbl/auto_pdf/09mediaguide-section7 UCF Knights Softball History and Records
  6. http://issuu.com/ucfathletics/docs/2012_media_guide_final?mode=window&backgroundColor=%23222222 2012 UCF Softball Yearbook