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Tarleton State manager Billy Gillispie has been placed connected impermanent administrative permission arsenic the assemblage investigates a complaint, sources told ESPN connected Friday.
No details of the quality of the ailment were instantly available, and determination is nary timeline connected however agelong the probe whitethorn take. Associate caput manager Glynn Cyprien has taken implicit arsenic acting caput coach, sources said.
Gillispie faced allegations of subordinate mistreatment portion helium was the manager astatine Texas Tech successful 2011 and 2012. He resigned arsenic the Red Raiders manager -- citing wellness concerns -- successful September 2012. The resignation came astir a period aft the schoolhouse said it was investigating the claims, which stemmed from Texas Tech players expressing concerns astir the mode they were being treated by Gillispie.
Questions astir Gillispie's coaching benignant besides were made during his clip astatine Kentucky, including the attraction of players and unit successful the diversion department. He was fired successful 2009, with Kentucky diversion manager saying Gillispie "wasn't the close acceptable for the program." A $3 cardinal colony implicit his firing was reached aboriginal that year.
Gillispie, 65, is successful his sixth play astatine Tarleton State, the longest of his 5 Division I caput coaching stints, which besides see clip astatine UTEP and Texas A&M.
He is 78-74 astatine Tarleton State, including a 25-10 grounds successful 2023-24 and a CIT appearance. He has gone 226-182 successful 13 seasons arsenic a caput manager with 4 NCAA tourney appearances.
Cyprien is simply a longtime assemblage adjunct with stops that see UNLV, Oklahoma State, Arkansas, Kentucky, Memphis and Texas Tech.
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