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<\/a>College basketball coach Billy Gillispie is no stranger to the news.\u00a0 He’s been the coach at Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech, among others.\u00a0 But this story is a little odd.<\/p>\nHaving been fired from his last two jobs, Gillispie finds himself the coach of Ranger College, a Texas junior college.\u00a0 In his first year, Gillispie created quite the turn-around, taking the program from a 2-23 record to a 31-7 record in his first year.<\/p>\n
Or so he thought.<\/p>\n
The National Junior College Athletic Association had different ideas.<\/p>\n
Joshua Simmons was one of the players on Gillispie’s team.\u00a0 Prior to joining Ranger College, Simmons played (very sparingly) for Spartansburg Methodist College.\u00a0 While there, a team trainer filled out an NBA draft declaration form on Simmons’ behalf, signed Simmons’ name, and submitted the form to the NBA.<\/p>\n
After the season, the NJCAA began investigating whether Simmons was an ineligible player, potentially having violated the NJCAA’s rules that (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" College basketball coach Billy Gillispie is no stranger to the news.\u00a0 He’s been the coach at Texas A&M, Kentucky, and Texas Tech, among others.\u00a0 But this story is a little odd. Having been fired from his last two jobs, Gillispie…<\/span><\/p>\n