Lake Forest College

Dan Lek joined the Forester coaching staff in 2022 and is now the associate head coach of the women's and men's tennis programs.

The Lake Forest women were 16-5 overall and finished second in the Midwest Conference standings with a mark of 5-1 in league play in 2025-26. Three Foresters were named All-MWC in singles and doubles and members of the team claimed titles at seven of the nine positions in the lineup at the MWC Individual Tournament.

Forester women are now 60-26 overall and 20-4 in league play during Lek's four seasons on staff. They also advanced to the championship match of the MWC Tournament in each of those years. Players on the team have been named All-MWC 17 times and earned a pair of MWC Player of the Year awards.

The Lake Forest men have posted a 51-33 overall record and MWC mark of 20-4 over the last four seasons. They have also reached the championship match of the MWC Tournament four times and had the MWC Player of the Year twice. The 2025-26 team became the first in program history to qualify for the NCAA Division III Tournament.

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.