Former Kentucky basketball head coach Billy Gillispie is in urgent need of a kidney transplant.
The 58-year-old, who was fired in 2009 after two years at UK, told the Dallas Morning News on Saturday that he needs the procedure “ASAP.”
Gillispie, who was named athletics director and head basketball coach at Ranger College in Texas in April of 2015, retired nine months ago due to health concerns related to high blood pressure. He returned as head coach this season, but missed Ranger’s last three games.
Gillispie told the Dallas Morning News that on Nov.