Buy Kickin' Cancer Tickets

CHAMPAIGN, Ill.– Less than 100 tickets remain for Tuesday's Kickin' Cancer dinner and auction at Gordyville USA. Illinois Head Coach Brad Underwood, the 2023 recipient of the Coaches vs. Cancer Champion Award for his commitment to the fight against cancer, will now welcome four of his Big Ten coaching peers to town as special guests at this year's fundraiser.

Purdue's Matt Painter, Michigan State's Tom Izzo, Iowa's Fran McCaffery, and Nebraska's Fred Hoiberg will join Underwood at Gordyville, a horse show arena located 30 minutes outside of Champaign. While the event has a western theme, Illini gear is encouraged as well. The program will run from 5:30-9 p.m. and includes dinner, both silent and live auctions, and plenty of memorable stories and laughs from the coaches on stage.

Tickets can be purchased online at coachesvscancerillinois.com.  

Underwood brought back former Fighting Illini head coaches Bill Self and Lon Kruger for the 2022 edition of Kickin' Cancer. The dinner was a sold-out event with more than 1,200 guests in attendance. It was the most attended social/gala for the entire Coaches vs. Cancer program last year, with the evening raising nearly $300,000.

Capacity has increased this year, with ticket sales now at 1,400 and closing in on a sellout.