NEW ORLEANS – Illinois State Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, Jeff Bovee, earned his fourth-career U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Midwest Region Coach of the Year Award as announced by the USTFCCCA on Friday.
Bovee, who is currently in his seventh season as the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, earned the USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor Coach of the Year Award after the Redbirds won their third-straight outdoor Missouri Valley Conference title and broke a conference record with 232 points. During Bovee's tenure, Illinois State's women's track & field team has won seven-consecutive MVC titles through indoor and outdoor.