Former U of Kentucky basketball coach arrested for third DUI
Posted on:8/31/2009
Written By: Chris Robideaux
| Continuing the spate of DUI scandals for those in the public eye, former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie has been arrested in Anderson County in Kentucky and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. |
Continuing the spate of DUI scandals for those in the public eye, former University of Kentucky basketball coach Billy Gillispie has been arrested in Anderson County in Kentucky and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol. The Lexington Herald-Leader says Gillispie was released from jail Thursday morning. Police told the TV station Gillispie was pulled over in a white 2009 Mercedes with Texas tags on US 127 after someone reported seeing the car driving erratically. A male passenger was also arrested and charged with alcohol intoxication. This is the third time Gillispie has been arrested for DUI. The previous two were in Texas and Oklahoma. The Oklahoma one was reduced to reckless driving and the coach pleaded guilty. In the Texas one, an El Paso prosecutor ultimately decided there wasn't enough evidence to determine Gillispie was drunk.
Gillispie was replaced by Memphis coach John Calipari this year after a rocky two-year tenure in which the Wildcats went 40-27.
WLEX-TV says Gillispie told police he and his passenger had been golfing.
Police told WTVQ in Kentucky the arrest was at 2:45 a.m.
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