Tensions rose to inferno level during Tuesday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, a midgame feud between South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and Illinois head coach Bret Bielema nearly boiling over.

Upon reviewing Altmyer's draft evaluation, Bielema said his decision to return to Illinois was probably wise. "When his draft ...

Coaches on the sideline at the Illini football ... 2021 University of Illinois’ new football coach Bret Bielema and Athletic Director Josh Whitman pose for a photo in front of the Dick Butkus ...

While the transfer portal is tearing through programs, the Illinois football team has gone rather unscathed. Sure, the Illini ...

I know most Illinois football fans remember where this program was just a half-decade ago. If you go back about five years, ...

We believe in a lot of the same things. I think it's just a great mesh." Bielema isn't the same coach at Illinois as he was when he coached White at Wisconsin, in the same way White isn't the same ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema's commitment to building a program that beats the competition to in-state recruits and then beats them up in the trenches on the field has paid off yet again. Bielema ...

In a sign of the times, coach Bret Bielema and Illinois football landed yet another three-star recruit in to bolster their impressive 2026 incoming freshman class. Running back Javari Barnett ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema didn't mince words after his team's 25-17 loss to Minnesota Saturday afternoon in Champaign. It was the Illini's second straight loss and it likely knocked them ...

It has to be tough to get a player from the state of Florida to come join the Illinois Fighting Illini, but that's exactly what Bret Bielema and his staff were able to do. On Monday, it was ...

Apr. 25—CHAMPAIGN — So, how worried was Illinois football coach Bret Bielema that a rival school might poach his starting quarterback? The number matches John Blutarsky's grade-point average ...

Apr. 16—CHAMPAIGN — Bret Bielema said he was "surprised but not shocked" by running back Josh McCray's move into the transfer portal. The Illinois football coach met with the media after ...