Yaklich led the 2009-10 Joliet team to a 24-8 record and the Homewood-Flossmoor Sectional Championship and earned 2010 District 9 Illinois Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA) Coach of the Year honors.

In his final season at the school in 2012-13, he guided the team to an IHSA Class 4A Lockport Regional title and 19-8 record.

[2] Yaklich served as an assistant coach at Illinois State under Dan Muller from 2013 to 2017.

He knew Muller from their time in college together at Illinois State, and he helped the team reach the NIT in 2015 and 2017.

[1] On August 4, 2017, Luke Yaklich was announced as a new assistant coach on the Michigan basketball staff.

[2] Yaklich served as Michigan's defensive specialist and helped the team reach the 2018 NCAA Tournament Championship game.