Mary Ellen Gillespie is a former American college athletics administrator.
Gillespie graduated from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh with both bachelor's and master's degrees.
[6][7][8][9][10] On January 16, 2020, it was announced that Gillespie would join the Women's Basketball Coaches Association as a Deputy Director beginning March 2nd, following her resignation as Athletic Director at the University of Hartford in October 2019.
[11] Gillespie was placed on Administrative leave on September 27, 2019, this comes days after a former volleyball player at the school filed a lawsuit claiming that her coach berated and sexually harassed her on and off the court, causing her to develop an eating disorder and drop out of school.
On October 19, 2019, Gillespie resigned as athletic director at the University of Hartford.