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Coaching Staff 
Mike Dau '58 Offensive Line Coach
In 1957, Dau was the Most Valuable Player for the Forester's CCI championship squad. He was also named to the Little All-America team as an offensive lineman. In 1983, Dau guided the Foresters to a 7-2 record and the 1983 Midwest Collegiate Athletic Conference championship as the team's head coach. The squad's victory total tied the school record for most wins a season, a record that was broken by the 2002 Midwest Conference Championship team. Dau served as the team's head coach from 1966-91 and has won more games than any other coach in school history. He has spent the last 11 years as the Forester's running backs coach and coached a First Team All-MWC back during six of those seasons. This year he will direct the team's offensive linemen. Dau has also coached baseball, basketball, track, and currently, handball, and was the College's athletic director from 1975-91. Under Dau's direction, the Forester handball program has collected 28 collegiate national championships. Dau is a member of a pair of Hall of Fames - the Lake Forest College Athletic Hall of Fame in 1977 and the U.S. Handball Association Hall of Fame in 1988. Coach Dau and his wife, Paula, live in Lake Forest .
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Coach Dau, a Lake Forest College Athletic Hall of Famer, is in his 45th season with the Lake Forest football program, four years as a player, 24 as the head coach, and 16 as an assistant. He helped Lake Forest capture a conference title while serving in each of those roles (2002, 1983, 1957).
