MEN'S TRACK & FIELD COACH • 1904-29, 1931-33

Harry Gill won an Illinois record 22 Big Ten team championships in indoor and outdoor track and field. He was a driving force behind the NCAA sponsoring team championship events. Gill led the Illini to two NCAA team titles, including the 1921 outdoor track and field title, which was the first-ever team championship awarded by NCAA. Competed as a multi-event athlete at Harvard and was a one-time holder of the discus world record. Under Gill, Illinois athletes appeared at the Paris 1924 Olympic Games, where they scored more points than any other nation’s entire team. Gill is a member of the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Hall of Fame and coached numerous Olympic competitors. He built a career record of 111-24 in dual meets. He was the founder of Gill Athletics in 1918, and continues to be a world leader in track and field equipment. Gill died in 1956 at the age of 80.