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Girls' Basketball Coaches
Kyle Wilhelm
kwilhelm@lfschools.net
Head, Girls' Varsity Basketball
Kyle Wilhelm

2011 is Coach Wilhelm's first year as the Head Girl’s Basketball Coach at Lake Forest High School. Prior to this, he coached Freshmen Boys' Basketball for five years and Sophomore Boys' Basketball for one year at LFHS. Kyle started his basketball career at Mundelein High School. He played for his father Perry at Mundelein. He led his team to a 20-win season his senior year. Kyle went on to continue playing basketball at the collegiate level at Monmouth College. He majored in Mathematics, and joined the Math Department at Lake Forest High School. He received his Master's Degree in Educational Leadership from Roosevelt University. He currently resides in Mundelein with his wife, Alinda, daughter Paige, and son Parker.


Mary Conroy
mconroy@lfschools.net
Assistant, Girls' Varsity Basketball

2011 is Coach Conroy's first year as Assistant Girls' Varsity Basketball Coach at Lake Forest High School. She received her BA degree from University of Notre Dame with a major in History and minors in Education and Italian and a Master of Science in Education from Northwestern University. Ms. Conroy is a history teacher in the Social Science Department at LFHS.

Jay Kleeman
jkleeman@lfschools.net
Head, Girls' Sophomore Basketball
Coach Kleeman has been coaching Sophomore Girls' Basketball since 2003. Prior to that, he worked with the feeder program. Jay received his Bachelor's Degree in Math/Secondary Education from Northeastern Illinois University and his Master's in Educational Leadership from Roosevelt University. He teaches in the Math Department at LFHS.
Jay Kleeman


Chuck Gress
cgress@lfschools.net
Head, Girls' Freshmen Girls' Basketball
Chuck Gress
Coach Gress has coached every level of girls' basketball at LFHS (except Varsity Head) since 1992 and is looking forward to another successful season. He is a self-proclaimed gym rat, playing the game he loves at every opportunity. He has coached basketball for over 30 years. Chuck started coaching boys' basketball at Buffalo Grove High School, coaching freshmen through assistant varsity. His final year at BG (1984), the varsity team advanced to the supersectional game. After eight years in private industry, Coach Gress joined Lake Forest in 1992 and made the switch to girls' basketball. His two daughters were influential in that switch, because he coached their soccer, baseball and basketball teams throughout grammar school and junior high. Chuck received his Bachelor's degree in Mathematics from Loyola University and his Master's from Northeastern Illinois University. He teaches in the Math Department at LFHS.
 

 

 
Lester Long
Assistant, Girls' Freshmen Basketball

Coach Long has been a Freshmen Girls' Basketball Coach since 2010. Prior to that, Coach Long coached Sophomore Girls' Basketball for 11 years. In addition, he coached Freshmen Boys' Basketball for 3 years, Varsity Boys' Basketball for 8 years, Freshmen Girls' Basketball for 12 years, Freshmen Boys' Soccer for 22 years and Varsity track for 19 years. Lester received his Bachelor's degree from McKendree College in Lebanon, IL.


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