Mike Turk, who has coached 81 NCAA All-Americans during his successful career as head track and field coach at Illinois, will be inducted into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame during an April 25, Thursday luncheon at the Courtside Club, Shivers Basketball Practice Facility on the Drake campus.
Turk will be the 88th inductee into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame, which was established in 1977 with charter members John L. Griffith (Drake), Harry Gill (Illinois), Tom E. Jones (Wisconsin), Clyde Littlefield (Texas), Leo Johnson (Illinois) and Bill Easton (Drake, Kansas).
Turk becomes the fourth Illinois coach to be inducted into the Drake Relays Coaches Hall of Fame, joining Gill and Johnson along with former women's head coach Gary Winckler who was inducted in 2010.