Renee Luers-Gillispie

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][2]

Renee Luers-Gillispie
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamIowa
ConferenceBig Ten
Record118–113 (.511)
Biographical details
BornLivermore, California, USA
Playing career
1980-1981Kirkwood Community College
1982–1983West Texas A&M
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1991–1992Joliet Junior College
1993–1995Bradley University
1996–1999Texas Tech
2002–2018UCF
2019–PresentIowa
Head coaching record
Overall862–639–2 (.574)
Accomplishments and honors
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)

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.[2]

In 2005, Luers-Gillispie was inducted into the West Texas A&M Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]

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.[3]

In 2000, Luers-Gillispie was hired by UCF to start the Knights softball program.[4] The UCF softball team began play in 2002.[5] 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.[6] 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.[6][7]

Personal life

Gillispie and her husband, Mark, were married in 1983 and currently reside in Iowa City, Iowa.[2]

Head coaching record

College
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Texas Tech Red Raiders (Big 12 Conference) (1996–1999)
1996 Texas Tech 4–441–208th
1997 Texas Tech 34–29–11–13T-9th
1998 Texas Tech 45–1910–74th
1999 Texas Tech 36–316–76thNCAA Regional
Texas Tech: 119–123–1 (.492)18–47 (.277)
UCF Knights (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2002–2005)
2002 UCF 46–1912–6T-3rd
2003 UCF 37–3113–74th
2004 UCF 42–2116–42nd
2005 UCF 47–29–113–7T-3rdNCAA Regionals
UCF Knights (Conference USA) (2006–2013)
2006 UCF 19–374–209th
2007 UCF 38–2611–13T-4th
2008 UCF 49–2016–72ndNCAA Regional
2009 UCF 27–2711–125th
2010 UCF 36–2316–73rdNCAA Regional
2011 UCF 22–3211–135th
2012 UCF 39–1915–9T-3rdNCAA Regional
2013 UCF 29–2510–146th
UCF Knights (American Athletic Conference) (2014–2018)
2014 UCF 43–1815–31stNCAA Regional
2015 UCF 50–916–21stNCAA Regional
2016 UCF 38–2212–42ndNCAA Regional
2017 UCF 29–2311–73rd
2018 UCF 34–2212–9T-3rd
UCF: 625–403–1 (.608)214–144 (.598)
Iowa Hawkeyes (Big Ten Conference) (2019–Present)
2019 Iowa 19–325–1812th
2020 Iowa 17-5Season canceled due to Covid-19 pandemic
2021 Iowa 26-1826-184th
2022 Iowa 21-313-2014th
2023 Iowa 35-2710-139thNISC Champions
Iowa: 118–113 (.511)44–69 (.389)
Total:862–639–2 (.574)

      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

References
  1. "Renee Gillispie". HawkeyesSports.com. The University of Iowa Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
  2. Renee Luers-Gillispie – UCF Knights – Official Athletics Site[Usurped!]
  3. Texas Tech Red Raiders 2010 Softball Media Guide
  4. Softball coach still building program. Central Florida Future. Published July 1, 2009. Retrieved January 26, 2013.
  5. 2010 UCF Knights Softball Media Guide
  6. UCF Knights Softball History and Records Archived 2011-08-10 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 2012 UCF Softball Yearbook
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