Renee Luers-Gillispie

Renee Luers-Gillispie
Sport(s) Women's softball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team UCF
Conference The American
Record 474–327–1 (.592)
Biographical details
Born Livermore, California, USA
Playing career
1981 Kirkwood Community College
1982–1984 West Texas A&M
Position(s) Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992 Joliet Junior College
1993–1995 Bradley University
1996–1999 Texas Tech
2002–Present UCF
Head coaching record
Overall 679–503–3 (.574)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
C-USA Tournament Championships (2005, 2008)
The American Regular Season Championship (2014)
Awards
Illinois N4C Coach of the Year (1992)

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

In 2005, Luers-Gillispie was inducted into the West Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame.[1]

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 Oviedo, Florida.[1]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas Tech (Big 12) (1996–1999)
1996 Texas Tech 4–44 1–20
1997 Texas Tech 34–29–1 1–13
1998 Texas Tech 45–19 10–7
1999 Texas Tech 36–31 6–7 NCAA Regionals
Texas Tech: 119–123–1 18–47
UCF Knights (Atlantic Sun) (2002–2005)
2002 UCF 46–19 12–6 3
2003 UCF 37–31 13–7 4
2004 UCF 42–21 16–4 2
2005 UCF 47–29–1 13–7 4 NCAA Regionals
UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2006–2013)
2006 UCF 19–37 4–20 9
2007 UCF 38–26 11–13 4
2008 UCF 49–20 16–7 2 NCAA Regionals
2009 UCF 27–27 11–12 5
2010 UCF 36–23 16–7 3 NCAA Regionals
2011 UCF 22–32 11–13 6
2012 UCF 39–19 15–9 3 NCAA Regionals
2013 UCF 29–25 10–14 3
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–present)
2014 UCF 43–18 15–3 1 NCAA Regionals
2015 UCF 50–9 16–2 1 NCAA Regionals
UCF: 524–336–1 182–124
Total: 729–512–3

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Renee Luers-Gillispie - UCF Knights - Official Athletics Site
  2. ↑ Texas Tech Red Raiders 2010 Softball Media Guide
  3. ↑ Softball coach still building program. Central Florida Future. Published July 1, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ 2010 UCF Knights Softball Media Guide
  5. 1 2 UCF Knights Softball History and Records
  6. ↑ 2012 UCF Softball Yearbook

External links

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