The former Australian paceman, who claimed 259 wickets from 71 Tests, will step down from his role at Yorkshire in the coming weeks heightening speculation of a return to the Australian national set-up. Earlier this year, Darren Lehmann, Australia's coach, tried to woo his former teammate to apply for the full-time bowling coach's position that eventually went to David Saker.
But Gillespie has ruled himself out of any imminent international coaching commitments citing a desire to spend more time with his family. The 41-year-old has four children - aged between 3 and 10 - with wife Anna.
"He (Lehmann) laid it all on the table, what the role would entail, and he left it with me," Gillespie said on Wednesday (August 31). "But the brutal reality was the amount of travel involved - 300 days a year away from home. That doesn't work with family.
"I'm not saying it won't in the future once the kids are a bit older but they're at a young, important age," he added.
Gillespie will continue coaching Adelaide Strikers in the upcoming Big Bash League and said he was open to interim roles. "Shorter-term roles, if someone feels I can add value in that then potentially I'd look at that," he said. "But to be honest I haven't really thought about that."
When Peter Moores was dumped as England's coach following their disappointing World Cup in early 2015, Gillespie was viewed as the favourite to take the reins before being surprisingly overlooked for compatriot Trevor Bayliss.
Gillespie said losing out on the job had "worked out well". "At the time, it would've been a difficult job to turn down, one of the best jobs in world cricket," he said.
"You'd have to weigh that up. It would've been a tough decision ... but I didn't have to make that call.
"(And) it would've been tough to accept (as well)," he added. "Everyone just assumes you're going to take these roles and do things just because you're offered it. But it's not quite as straightforward as that."
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