Feb trial set in Gillispie DUI case

LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. (AP/KXAN) - A judge has set a February trial date in the drunken-driving case against former Kentucky and A&M basketball coach Billy Gillispie.  Gillispie wasn't in Anderson County District Court for Monday's hearing.

Attorney William Patrick said afterward he requested a delay in the proceedings because Gillispie hadn't yet decided whether to agree to a plea bargain.

Judge Linda Armstrong scheduled a final preliminary hearing for Nov. 2 and set a trial date for Feb. 10.

County Attorney Bobbi Jo Lewis has acknowledged offering Gillispie a plea deal but says she will not accept a plea to a lesser charge than DUI.

Gillispie was arrested Aug. 27 and charged with DUI after refusing sobriety tests during a traffic stop in which officers said they smelled alcohol on his breath. Gillispie was fired this year after a rocky two-year tenure in which the Wildcats went 40-27.

Gillespie was the head coach of Copperas Cove High School in 1987.  He was also the men's basketball coach at A&M from 2004 - 2007, before leaving for Kentucky.