Gordie Gillespie (April 14, 1926 – February 28, 2015) was an American baseball, football and basketball coach.
[4] Gillespie graduated from Kelvyn Park High School in Chicago, Illinois, and enrolled at DePaul University.
[3][8] At age 26, Gillespie began his head coaching career at Lewis University in 1953.
His Ripon teams advanced to the NCAA III playoffs six of his last seven years and won five league titles.
He was the head football coach at Joliet Catholic High School for 27 years and compiled a record there of 222 wins 54 losses and 6 ties.
[3][7] In 1991, Gillespie was selected by the Chicago Tribune as the head coach of the newspaper's All-Time Illinois High School Football Team.