The Illini face a huge season entering this fall, as Bret Bielema is in his fifth year in Champaign. Illinois finished 10-3 ...

As the Big Ten gears up to try and win a third consecutive national championship, there are some coaches among the ranks who ...

To understand Illinois football's rise, you must embrace Bret Bielema's swagger. This job, and place, suit him. And his team ...

The 2025 schedule sets up well for Illinois, which faces just three of the eight teams with better odds to win the Big Ten ...

Just one consecutive winning season since 1990. That’s when Illinois went 7-6 in both 2010 and 2011.The program looks to ...

The Illini picked up their latest kick specialist from Down Under in Gray, who committed to Bret Bielema's program on Thursday ...

Here's everything you need to know about the Ohio State Buckeyes' week seven matchup against the Illinois Fighting Illini.

INDIANAPOLIS – Bret Bielema was just 35 years old when he learned he would replace Barry Alvarez as Wisconsin’s head coach after the 2005 college football season. He was 42 when he coached his ...

Before Bret Bielema arrived in Champaign, the Illini struggled to recruit the state of Illinois. In four years, that’s ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema was the first to speak at the 2025 Big Ten Conference media day. Here is everything he ...

Simply put, Bielema is willing to weigh in. A rarity in a profession that’s not short on people happy to give nothing. No personality. No real answers. No insight.

Bret Bielema used a GPS to get to work Monday, his first time driving from a downtown Champaign hotel to his new office. He was relieved one of his keys unlocked the doors in the Smith Center ...