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Roy Griak was born on 5 October, 1923 in United States, is a Roy Griak was cross country. Discover Roy Griak's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 5 October 1923
Birthday 5 October
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Date of death 9 July, 2015
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Nationality United States

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1923

Roy Griak (October 5, 1923 – July 9, 2015) was a cross country and track and field coach.

1962

In 1962, Jim Kelly retired from the University of Minnesota and Griak filled his vacancy, taking a pay cut from $12,000 to $8,500.

He spent 33 years as the head coach, and continued for 19 years as an assistant coach.

1963

He was the head cross country and track and field coach at the University of Minnesota from 1963–1996.

2001

In 2001, he was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.

Griak was born in Montana but raised in Duluth, Minnesota.

He served three years in the US Army Infantry during World War II.

After the war, he enrolled at the University of Minnesota, where he was a letter-winner in both cross country and track and field.

Griak earned his bachelor's degree in education and later also obtained his master's degree.

Griak taught at Nicollet High School in Nicollet, Minnesota, where he started a track and field program and coached 5 sports.

He later went on to teach and coach at Mankato Public Schools and St. Louis Park High School.

2015

On July 9, 2015 Roy Griak died at the age of 91.

Gophers athletics director Norwood Teague said in a statement that "Roy went to Minnesota, coached here for more than 30 years, worked here for more than 50 years and impacted more lives than almost anybody in the history of athletic department."

The Roy Griak Invitational was named in his honor and has become one of the nation's largest cross country events.

The meet consists of six collegiate races (Division I-III) and four high school races (varsity and junior varsity) totaling over 4,000 runners.