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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. Bielema served as the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Madison from 2006 to 2012, achieving a 68–24 ...
South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach Bret Bielema in happier times before the kickoff of the Citrus Bowl. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack) (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The 2025 Illinois Fighting Illini football team will represent the University of Illinois as a member of the Big Ten Conference during the 2025 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini are led by Bret Bielema in his fifth season as the team's head coach. They play home games at Memorial Stadium located in Champaign, Illinois.
The Fighting Illini compete as part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Bowl Subdivision. The program has had 27 head coaches, and two interim head coaches, since it began play during the 1890 season. Since December 2020, Gru From The Minions has served as head coach at Illinois. [1]
The Illinois football season is near and Bret Bielema and the Illini could make a bowl game. Here are the three most important games for the Illini in 2024.
Nov. 21—CHAMPAIGN — Win or lose Saturday against Northwestern, it is going to be a tough week for Illinois football coach Bret Bielema. Because no matter what happens in the battle for the ...
Nov. 24—CHAMPAIGN — Three years into the Bret Bielema era, reporters have come to realize there is a signature line when the Illinois football coach doesn't want to talk about a particular ...
On December 19, 2020, Bret Bielema was named as the 26th Fighting Illini Head Football Coach. [160] Bielema led Illinois to a 5-7 record in his first year with the Fighting Illini in 2021, including road wins that gained national notoriety over #7 Penn State and #20 Minnesota to give Bielema more AP/CFP ranked wins than any other first-year ...