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 football coach Bret Bielema met with the media following ... "In 2006. I think, my now-wife was at the game with maybe an old boyfriend and we hadn’t even met yet, and to come full ...

Josh Whitman, left, celebrates with Bret Bielema after the Illinois football ... which is a good sign he is here to stay. His wife, Jen, and their two young daughters are getting involved, too.

With only hours left before his No. 20 Illinois football team was set to take on No. 15 South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Florida, coach Bret Bielema ... [Beamer]'s wife and my wife ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema, left, and South Carolina coach ... including Illinois general manager Patrick Embleton (top right) and his wife, Jessica, and children, Lena and Bella.

Bret Bielema is the head football coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini and has been at the helm since December 2020. Born on January 13, 1970, in Prophetstown, Illinois, Bielema played college ...

Kim Cox and Wayne Peugh sure know their Illinois football. Makes total sense. They are both University of Illinois graduates — Peugh in 1969 and Cox in '76. They both follow Bret Bielema's program.

Bettendorf's Matt Drinkall was named the head football coach at Central Michigan in December, after spending six seasons as ...

Beamer seemed out of control long before Illinois coach Bret Bielema supposedly taunted him ... I had not seen that. My wife was sitting next to me watching the game. She doesn’t pay attention ...