And then there’s the “Red Dirt Road” that was played as Gilmore took to the field June 2, 2024, for his final game coaching the Coastal Carolina University Chanticleers.

His performance of "Red Dirt Road" with Brooks & Dunn at the 2025 ACM Awards on May 8 felt like a coronation moment. The trio had the crowd on its feet as they ripped through the classic song.

Back in 2004, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn discussed the inspiration behind “Red Dirt Road” and how they wrote it on a bus ride. Dunn said, “We were going to get together and write again ...

Gary Gilmore’s life is more than baseball. A look inside his life both on and off the field as he battles two types of cancer and what comes next after CCU.

JASON LEE JASON LEE Much like the lyrics to the Brooks & Dunn song that for years called him to the baseball diamond, Gary Gilmore has learned that there is life at both ends of the red dirt road.