NDSU

Led North Dakota State to 18 North Central Conference championships as head women's track and field and cross country coach from 1987-99...Received 12 NCC Coach of the Year awards and six NCAA Division II Central Region Coach of the Year awards...Coached 49 athletes to 195 All-American honors during his career at NDSU, including 22 All-America relay teams...Honored as the 1999 National Indoor Coach of the Year...Led NDSU to 20 top-10 team finishes at the NCAA Division II Championships...Guided teams to four top-four finishes at national meets...In 1995 and 1996, his teams were ranked first nationally in the indoor national dual meet rankings...NDSU finished in the top 10 as a team at the NCAA Indoor Championships for nine consecutive years from 1991-99, including a third-place finish in 1995 and fourth-place finishes in 1996 and 1999...From 1991-96, NDSU won 12 straight NCC team titles between indoor and outdoor track & field...Coached 65 individual NCC champions...In 1991, he led the Bison women's cross country squad to a fourth-place finish at the national meet...Coached U.S. Olympic Trials participants Edie Boyer, Kris Ihle, Julie Shorter, along with Lisa Kresky and Jane Loskot at the Canadian Trials...Made coaching stops at Northern Arizona (1984-85) and Minot State (1985-87) prior to starting at NDSU in 1987...Founded the NDSU Archery Club in 1991...Awarded Lecturer of the Year by the university...Built a successful career as an executive pharmaceutical sales representative at Eli Lilly and Company in Fargo following his coaching career, being named National Sales Representative of the Year in 2005...A 1974 graduate of Cando (N.D.) High School, Gores lives in Fargo with his wife of 13 years, Gail...He has one stepson, Max Erdle and two sons, Grant and John Gores.