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.

You would have thought Bielema had threatened the family of every member of the South ... toe-to-toe with former Iowa defensive lineman Bret Bielema was a cute one. Maybe beefs like these stir ...

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer, who erupted during the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl during an incident involving Illinois’ Bret Bielema, was subdued when he discussed the issue after the game.

The Citrus Bowl, a 21-17 victory for the Illinois Fighting Illini over the South Carolina Gamecocks, turned testy in the third quarter when Fighting Illini coach Bret Bielema, who was checking on ...

A lot of people will tell you that bowl games don’t matter, but don’t tell that to Bret Bielema and Shane Beamer. The Illinois football team took on South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl on ...

ORLANDO — Within a day of receiving the memo from the NCAA, Illinois coach Bret Bielema boarded ... his left tackle back. So Bielema flew to J.C. Davis and his family on the West Coast to ...

On Tuesday night Illinois coach Bret Bielema refused to answer a question about South Carolina coach Shane Beamer following a hotly contested Citus Bowl. "It was a good football game," Bielema ...

Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer had to be held back by team staff members after Illinois coach Bret Bielema taunted the Gamecocks during the third quarter when he walked across the field to check ...

Illinois defensive back Jaheim Clarke was injured on a play and tended to by trainers and his head coach, Bret Bielema. Bielema, apparently, was not pleased, and taunted South Carolina with a ...

Bret Bielema and the Illinois football staff this week could be found in Orlando, Florida, busy on the recruiting trail. On Thursday, the Illini signed class of 2026 wide receiver Kenyon Alston to ...

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema met with the media following the Fighting Illini's 21-17 victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks in the Citrus Bowl. Here is the full transcript of what the ...

Did Illinois coach Bret Bielema get away with taunting in Tuesday night’s Citrus Bowl? Rules analyst Bill LeMonnier seemed to think so. Mark Jones — calling the game for ABC — wondered why ...