Temple University Athletics
Staff Directory
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- Title:
- Director of Basketball Operations
- Email:
- Phone:
- 215-204-8739
Jim Gillespie joins the Temple women’s basketball staff for his first season as the Director of Operations under second-year head coach Tonya Cardoza.
Gillespie is familiar with the Owls’ program and its student-athletes, having spent nearly a year as an academic specialist with the Temple Student-Athlete Academic Advisor & Support Center. Earlier in his career, Gillespie held a similar position at La Salle University, and also worked as an administrative assistant for the men’s basketball program at La Salle.
Gillespie’s coaching experience includes a two-year stint at Chestnut Hill College in Philadelphia where he was an assistant coach and also an interim head coach at the end of the 2003-04 season.
In 2008, Gillespie earned his master’s degree in instructional leadership from Neumann College. He attended La Salle as an undergraduate and earned his bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education in 1999. He went on to serve as a special education teacher at a number of schools in Philadelphia and New Jersey.
Gillespie has worked for numerous basketball camps, including the summer camp at the University of Connecticut from 2000-05 along with Cardoza who was an assistant coach at UConn during that time.
