- Name: Ryan Burk
- Nickname: Duke (after John Wayne)
- Hometown: Peoria, Illinois
- High School: Peoria Notre Dame
- College(s): Northern Illinois, Iowa State n
- Youngest of 3 children
- 7th Year teaching at the middle school, following 1.5 years of substitute teaching
- Served as the head wrestling coach at LCHS for 2 seasons (2011-12, 2012-13)
- Wife, Karrie, graduated from Lewis Central in 2007
- Daughter, Stella Sue Ann, is an energetic little 1 year old who loves her time at the gym and rarely wants to go inside.
- I have a boxer, Pre, who is named after Steve Prefontaine, and a mutt, Bill, who is named after Bill Bowerman.
- I wrestled at NIU (3 seasons) and ISU (2 seasons)
- Compete in the sport of CrossFit, making it to the Central Regional level in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2017.
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