Illinois football had a turnaround season in 2024, winning 10 games and getting a victory over South Carolina in the Citrus ...

Illinois' Underwood and Bielema are comfortable in finding themselves working through one tossup encounter after another.

Much has been made already of the flare-up in the Cheez-It Bowl between South Carolina coach Shane Beamer and Illinois coach ...

After Illini defensive back Jaheim Clarke went down with an injury, his coach Bret Bielema walked over to check on him. Once he was done with the check-up, he held his arms out to both sides in the ...

Nearly a month removed from Illinois football's 21-17 Cheez-It Citrus Bowl win against South Carolina, national media pundits ...

Bret Bielema, who replaced former coach Lovie Smith before the 2021 season began, has transformed his Illinois football program into a consistent winner. Illinois has met or exceeded the eight-win ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema is back in a familiar position – another chance to win a bowl game and end a decade-plus drought for a program still on the rise. For the first time since 2001 ...

One of the first "Way-Too-Early" Top 25 rankings came out from Andy Staples at On3. The Hogs aren't anywhere near any ranking ...

Bret Bielema is the head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini, as of 2024. Bielema has held his position since 2021. During his prep career, he played as a tight end and linebacker in high school.

Illinois coach Bret Bielema celebrates after his team beat South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl. What that victory meant to the ...

No Illini team has matched a 1946 stretch of four consecutive games — all vital to the Rose Bowl march — each of which ...