Nov. 2, 2002

Champaign, Ill. - Illinois men's basketball assistant coach Billy Gillipsie was hired as the new head coach at the University of Texas-El Paso on Saturday, Nov. 2. Gillispie takes over the UTEP Miner program after spending the past two seasons at Illinois as an assistant and recruting coordinator on Bill Self's staff.

For more information on Gillispie's hiring, please visit the following site:

http://www.utepathletics.com/news/archive/110202mb1.htm