Luke Yaklich

Luke Yaklich
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	UIC
Conference	Horizon League
Record	0–0
Biographical details
Born	May 8, 1976; LaSalle, Illinois
Alma mater	Illinois State; Olivet Nazarene
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	LaSalle-Peru HS (girls)
2000–2003	Sterling HS
2003–2007	LaSalle-Peru HS
2007–2013	Joliet West HS
2013–2017	Illinois State (asst.)
2017–2019	Michigan (asst.)
2019–2020	Texas (asst.)
2020–present	UIC
Head coaching record
Overall	0–0 (college); 214–173 (high school)

Luke Yaklich (born May 8, 1976) is an American college basketball coach and current men's basketball coach for the UIC Flames.

Early life and education

Yaklich is a native of LaSalle, Illinois. He graduated from LaSalle-Peru High School in 1994 after competing on the basketball team. Yaklich earned a Bachelor of Science from Illinois State University in 1998.[1] He served as a student manager for the basketball team.[2] He received his Master of Education from Olivet Nazarene University in 2004 and Master of Education Administration from Olivet Nazarene in 2009.[1]

Coaching career

Yaklich began his coaching career at his high school alma mater in 1999, serving for a season as the head girls coach. In 2000, he became the boys' basketball coach at Sterling High School, serving until 2003. Yaklich subsequently became the boys basketball coach at LaSalle-Peru. In 2007, he was hired at Joliet West High School. Yaklich led the 2009-10 Joliet team to a 24-8 record and the Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional Championship and earned 2010 District 9 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Coach of the Year honors. In his final season at the school in 2012-13, he guided the team to an IHSA Class 4A Lockport Regional title and 19-8 record.[1] Yaklich also served as a social studies teacher, earning teacher of the year honors at Joliet West.[2]

Yaklich served as an assistant coach at Illinois State under Dan Muller from 2013 to 2017. He knew Muller from their time in college together at Illinois State, and he helped the team reach the NIT in 2015 and 2017.[1] On August 4, 2017, Luke Yaklich was announced as a new assistant coach on the Michigan basketball staff.[3][4][5] Muller recommended Yaklich for the position to Michigan's John Beilein.[2] Yaklich served as Michigan's defensive specialist and helped the team reach the 2018 NCAA Tournament Championship game. In his two seasons on the bench, Michigan compiled a 63-15 record. In May 2019, Yaklich was hired as an assistant at Texas under Shaka Smart.[1]

On March 24, 2020, Yaklich accepted the head coaching position at UIC.[6]

Personal life

Yaklich and his wife, Amy, have three children: Olivia, Griffin, and Taylor.[1]

Head coaching record

High school

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall
LaSalle-Peru High School () (1999–2000)
1999-00	LaSalle-Peru	16-11
LaSalle-Peru HS:		16–11 (.593)
Sterling High School () (2000–2003)
2000-01	Sterling HS	8-19
2001-02	Sterling HS	13-14
2002-03	Sterling HS	15-13
Sterling HS:		36–46 (.439)
LaSalle-Peru High School () (2003–2007)
2003-04	LaSalle-Peru HS	8-18
2004-05	LaSalle-Peru HS	14-14
2005-06	LaSalle-Peru HS	18-12
2006-07	LaSalle-Peru HS	18-10
LaSalle-Peru HS:		58–54 (.518)
Joliet West High School () (2007–2013)
2007-08	Joliet West HS	16-12
2008-09	Joliet West HS	19-8
2009-10	Joliet West HS	24-8
2010-11	Joliet West HS	9-16
2011-12	Joliet West HS	17-10
2012-13	Joliet West HS	19-8
Joliet West HS:		104–62 (.627)
Total:		214–173 (.553)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

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References

"Luke Yaklich named Men's Basketball Associate Head Coach". TexasSports.com. University of Texas. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
Norlander, Matt (29 March 2018). "How an ex-high school social studies teacher helped put Michigan in the Final Four". CBS Sports. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
"Report: Michigan To Hire Luke Yaklich As Assistant". MGoBlog.com. MGoBlog. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
"Official: Michigan hired Luke Yaklich and DeAndre Haynes to fill assistant coaching vacancies". MaizeNBrew.com. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
"Sources: Michigan to hire Illinois State's Luke Yaklich". 247sports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
Cobb, David; Norlander, Matt (24 March 2020). "College basketball coaching changes tracker: Illinois-Chicago hires Texas assistant Luke Yaklich". CBS Sports. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

External links

Michigan Profile

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[texas-1] "Luke Yaklich named Men's Basketball Associate Head Coach". TexasSports.com. University of Texas. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[norlander-2] Norlander, Matt (29 March 2018). "How an ex-high school social studies teacher helped put Michigan in the Final Four". CBS Sports. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[3] "Report: Michigan To Hire Luke Yaklich As Assistant". MGoBlog.com. MGoBlog. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[4] "Official: Michigan hired Luke Yaklich and DeAndre Haynes to fill assistant coaching vacancies". MaizeNBrew.com. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[5] "Sources: Michigan to hire Illinois State's Luke Yaklich". 247sports.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[6] Cobb, David; Norlander, Matt (24 March 2020). "College basketball coaching changes tracker: Illinois-Chicago hires Texas assistant Luke Yaklich". CBS Sports. Retrieved 25 March 2020.