Mike Gillespie Biography
Mike Gillespie is an American Freelance Production Assistant working for WOLO-TV as a sports director. He joined the station in September 2014.
Mike Gillespie Age / Birthday
Gillespie manages to keep information regarding his dates of birth away from the limelight. It is therefore not known when he celebrates his birthday and how old he is at the moment. Judging from his appearance, he might be in his 40s.
Mike Gillespie Height / Measurements
Gillespie is of an average body stature and stands at an approximate height of 5 feet 8 inches.
Mike Gillespie’s Partner
Gillespie proposed to his girlfriend and best friend Caroline on November 3, 2021. He manages to keep information regarding whether he is married to her or not away from the public. However, we will update information about his spouse once it’s available.
Mike Gillespie Kids / Children
Gillespie manages to keep information regarding whether he has any kids away from the limelight. However, we will update this information about his children once it’s available.
Mike Gillespie Family / Relatives
Gillespie manages to keep information regarding his parents away from the limelight. Additionally, he shares no information regarding whether he has any siblings or not. We will update this information once it’s available.
Mike Gillespie Career
Gillespie works for ABC Columbia as a sports director. His dream is to one day play college and professional basketball. All he wanted while growing up was suit up for Billy Donovan. For his sports passion he needed an outlet so he began an internship in the sports department at WCJB, TV-20 at the end of his sophomore season.
Since 2014 he has called Columbia home. Gillespie began as the weekend sports anchor/reporter at ABC Columbia, and in June of 2016 got promoted to sports director. Apart from running the day-to-day operations and production of ABC Columbia’s multimedia sports platforms, he also manages the station’s position of main sports anchor and host of Gamecock Saturday Night.
Gillespie has been fortunate to report some of the biggest sporting events in the United States, including two National Championships, Zion Williamson’s rise through the basketball ranks, a men’s and women’s Final Four, five Masters Tournaments and four College Football Playoffs.
Prior to joining the station, he worked at the Independent News Network in Davenport, Iowa as the Sports Director/Main Sports Anchor, where he anchored and produced five sportscasts per day, overseeing sports content and operations for the network. From the University of Florida, he earned a bachelor’s degree of telecommunications and master’s of multimedia journalism where he spent five years as an anchor and play-by-play announcer for the Florida Gators/IMG Sports Network.
Mike Gillespie Salary
Gillespie receives an annual income ranging between $30,000 and $90,000.
Mike Gillespie Net Worth
Through Gillespie career as a sports director, he has been able to accumulate a net worth that ranges between $1 Million and $ 5 Million.
Mike Gillespie Health
He suffered four lung collapses in a span of three months in 2005 forcing him to miss his sophomore season of high school hoops.
Mike Gillespie WOLO-TV
Gillespie works at WOLO-TV where he works with his fellow colleagues who are anchors, reporters, and meteorologists and they include;
- Doug Currin
- Rochelle Dean
- Lindsey Goodwin
- Miya Payton
- Crysty Vaughan
- Curtis Wilson
- John Farley
- Tyler Ryan
- James Scott
- Chaz Frazier
Mike Gillespie Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram
Gillespie is active on his social media accounts. He has about 4.3k followers on his Facebook Page, about 6241 followers on his Twitter account, and around 1115 followers on his Instagram account.