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The official Football Coach List for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. The official Football Coach List for the University of Illinois Fighting Illini ... @illinois.edu Phone; Bret Bielema: Douglas C. and Linda M. Mills Endowed Head Football Coach 217-333-1400 217-333-1400:
Bret Bielema is the current head coach at Illinois. The Illinois Fighting Illini college football team represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference (Big 10).
Bielema's coaching pedigree and list of football mentors matches that of any coach in the nation. He played for and coached under Hall-of-Famer Hayden Fry, helping the Hawkeyes share the 1990 Big Ten title with Illinois.
Bret Arnold Bielema (/ ˈ b iː l ə m ɑː /; born January 13, 1970) is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, a position he has held since the 2021 season.
Bret Bielema was named as the 26th Fighting Illini Head Football Coach in the history of the program in December 2020. A native of Prophetstown, Illinois, Bielema has 30 years of collegiate and NFL coaching experience and compiled a 15-year record of 115-77 (.599) as head coach at Wisconsin, Arkansas, and Illinois.
George Huff was the fifth head coach in Illini football history, succeeding Louis Vail. Huff led the Illini into the Big Ten Conference, which formed in 1896. [7] After back-to-back 4–2–1 seasons in 1895 and 1896, [8][9] the Illini posted a 6–2 record in 1897. [10]
Illinois Fighting Illini. Coaches. Seasons: 133 (1892 to 2024) Record (W-L-T): 628-627-49. Conferences: Big Ten, Western, Ind. Conf. Championships: 15. National Championships: 1923 and 1927.
The 2022 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represents the University of Illinois in the West Division of the Big Ten Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Bret Bielema was in his second season as the team's head coach.
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- After being born in an Illini Hospital, Bret Bielema has decided to come home again after being named the next head coach of the Illinois football program.
Illinois football coach Bret Bielema's ability to cultivate relationships with players and coaches has been key to the Fighting Illini's turnaround.