Bret Arnold Bielema (/ ˈbiːləmɑː /; 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 …

22 hours ago · Illinois coach Bret Bielema is feeling great. The Illini are coming off their first 10-win season since 2001. A junior day over the weekend had more than a dozen of the top local …

Bielema is the first Illini coach to go to two bowl games in his first four seasons since Lou Tepper (1991-94), after guiding Illinois to the 2023 ReliaQuest Bowl, Illinois' first January bowl in 15 …

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema on Sunday met with local media for the first time since the Citrus Bowl to update the Illini's offseason, which has included 11 transfer additions and a big ...

4 days ago · CHAMPAIGN, Illinois – Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows expectations for his team in 2025 have – relatively speaking – shot right through the roof. It's not often the Illini …

Oct 25, 2024 · Bret Bielema is the first Illinois coach since the late 1980s with a winning record. We shouldn't be surprised what he's doing in the Big Ten after what he accomplished at …

Jan 1, 2025 · Illinois football coach Bret Bielema met with the media following his team's 21-17 victory against South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl.

Dec 20, 2022 · Bielema, who is 13-11 in his second season at Illinois, will receive an annual salary increase from $4.3 million this season to $6 million in the new agreement, which is …

Sep 18, 2024 · Illinois gave him a six-year contract and allowed him to coach in the Big Ten again, a conference he won three times with Wisconsin. It has been a work in progress, but so …

Dec 20, 2022 · Bret Bielema has agreed to a six-year contract extension with Illinois through the end of the 2028 season, the school announced on Tuesday. Bielema is 13-11 in two seasons …