Bret Bielema's 10-person, full-time Illinois coaching staff from 2024 is returning for the 2025 season. Mostly. There is one new addition, which Bielema announced during a press conference on Friday ...

The Illinois football team wants another big target out wide, and this under-the-radar recruit fits that bill. What Bret ...

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Illinois football has had an impressive run when it comes to recruiting, and some of the targets aren’t in the immediate ...

After the success of a 10-win season, a team’s coaching staff is bound to change. With the new NCAA coaching rules ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders will appear in Omaha on as he launches a new national tour. The metro will be the first of two stops for ...

He's also received visits from four different Big Ten Conference head coaches in Barry Odom (Purdue), Bret Bielema (Illinois), Kirk Ferentz (Iowa) and James Franklin (Penn State). Every offer ...

Barry Odom became the latest Big Ten Conference head football coach to watch a little basketball in Dunlap. Odom, the newly hired Purdue coach, was in Dunlap on Tuesday night to see four-star ...

Bret Bielema came ... junior tight ends and list Illinois among their finalists. "The (class of) 2026 in the state of Illinois is loaded, but also downstate," Bielema said. "I was at a basketball ...