Lake Forest College

Dan Lek joined the Forester coaching staff in 2022 as an assistant with the women's and men's tennis programs.

The Lake Forest men posted a 10-10 overall record in 2024-25 and finished second in the Midwest Conference standings with a mark of 5-1 in league play. The Foresters were also the runners-up at the MWC Tournament and members of the team reached the final at eight of nine positions in the lineup during the MWC Individual Tournament. Three Lake Forest players were named All-MWC in singles and four in doubles.

The men's team is now 35-26 overall and 15-3 in the league in Lek's three seasons on staff. They also advanced to the championship match at the MWC Tournament in each year.

The Lake Forest women are 44-15 overall and 15-3 in the league over the last three seasons. They too were the runners-up in all three MWC Tournaments.

Lek has served as a private tennis instructor in the Lake County area since 2009. His experience coaching includes time as a volunteer assistant for the women's team at Bradley University and as a volunteer assistant at Mundelein High School. 

Lek was the #1 singles player at Mundelein High School. He's also an active USTA league player competing on both a men's and mixed team. Recently those teams earned district and regional titles in 2021 and 2022.

A 2004 graduate of Bradley University, Lek currently manages a reporting and analytics team at Grainger within the Customer Strategy, Sales Operations, and Marketing organization, where he's been for the past 10 years. Prior he led a strategy and analytics team at Starcom MediaVest Group.

He resides in Gurnee with his wife Lorena and their two children Colin and Lana.