Bill Text: IL HR0255 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates University of Illinois wrestling coach Mark Johnson on his retirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-04-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0255 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HR0255-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate University of | ||||||
4 | Illinois wrestling coach Mark Johnson on his retirement; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Mark Johnson, the top wrestling coach in Illinois | ||||||
6 | history, announced his retirement Monday, March 30, 2009; and
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7 | WHEREAS, During his 17-year career, Coach Johnson led the | ||||||
8 | Illini to more wins and
produced more NCAA champions, NCAA | ||||||
9 | qualifiers, and All-Americans than any coach in school history; | ||||||
10 | his teams were 203-44-3 in dual meets; and the team is coming | ||||||
11 | off an eighth-place finish at the recent NCAA meet, the 10th | ||||||
12 | time his team finished in the Top 10; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Mark Johnson was a two-time NCAA runner-up at | ||||||
14 | Michigan and earned a spot on the 1980
United States Olympic | ||||||
15 | team, but did not get to compete in the Moscow Games
because of | ||||||
16 | the United States boycott; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Shortly after the Olympics, he went to work as an | ||||||
18 | Iowa assistant for
legendary Dan Gable; during his time in Iowa | ||||||
19 | City, the Hawkeyes won four national championships; his first | ||||||
20 | head coaching job was at Oregon State, where he earned
Pac-10 | ||||||
21 | coach of the year honors in 1992 after leading the Beavers to |
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1 | the
conference title; and
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2 | WHEREAS, The Rock Island native took over at Illinois in | ||||||
3 | 1992 and quickly started
to rebuild the program; during his | ||||||
4 | tenure, he coached seven wrestlers, Steve Marianetti, Ernest | ||||||
5 | Benion Jr., Eric Siebert, Carl Perry, John
Lockhart, Adam | ||||||
6 | Tirapelle, and Matt Lackey to NCAA titles; ten other Illini | ||||||
7 | reached the NCAA finals, including two-time runner-up Mike | ||||||
8 | Poeta, who, like his coach, intends to pursue a spot on the | ||||||
9 | United States Olympic team; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In 2005, Coach Johnson's Illini ended a 53-year | ||||||
11 | drought by winning the Big Ten
title, and he earned his second | ||||||
12 | Big Ten coach of the year honor that
season; therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
14 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
15 | congratulate Coach Mark Johnson on his success at the | ||||||
16 | University of Illinois and wish him all the best in his future | ||||||
17 | endeavors; and be it further
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18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
19 | presented to Mark Johnson as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
20 | esteem.
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