NEW ORLEANS – Illinois State Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, Jeff Bovee, was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) Midwest Region Women's Indoor Coach of the Year after leading the Redbird women's team to their third-consecutive Missouri Valley Conference indoor track & field title.
Currently in his sixth season at the Director of Track & Field/Cross Country, Bovee led the women's team to six individual MVC titles, one relay title in the distance medley relay and 11 All-Valley performances at the 2020 conference championships. Bovee's distance event group won three of the six individual championships.