We want the young men playing football in the state of Illinois from Freeport to Cairo and from Quincy to Danville dreaming of wearing the Orange and Blue and playing at Memorial Stadium.
I look forward to re-connecting with the high school coaches around the state making it clear we intend to keep our players home. The University of Illinois has incredible facilities and is known as one of the world's outstanding academic institutions. We will hold the young men on our team responsible both on and off the field while coaching them to be champions in life.
Jen and I, along with our girls, are excited to get to Champaign-Urbana and get started on the journey. Go Illini! A native of Prophetstown, Illinois, Bielema pronounced BEEL-ma has 24 years of collegiate coaching experience and compiled a year record of Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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Loading comments Share this story Twitter Facebook. Over the last six seasons, Illinois football has had three different head coaches and produced a combined record with just one bowl appearance.
By stating his in a win now mentality at Illinois starting with his first season, Bielema is trying to accomplish something historic in terms of Illini football history.
Since , only four Illinois head coaches have ever produced a winning record in its first season with the program Ray Eliot , in ; Pete Elliot , in ; John Mackovic , in and Lou Tepper , in The first two followed legendary Illini figures who retired and Mackovic replaced Mike White after he resigned in scandal involving recruiting violations. He was a four-year letter-winner for the Illini , completing his career with 57 catches for yards and four touchdowns and leading the Big Ten with kickoff return yards in Ben Miller comes to Champaign after 14 seasons as an assistant at Air Force, his alma mater.
He also has some familiarity with Illinois after a stint as an offensive graduate assistant under former Illini coach Ron Zook. Miller was an all-conference offensive lineman at Air Force, graduating in , and has spent most of his coaching career there, overseeing tight ends, running backs and special teams. He is the lone holdover Bret Bielema kept from the Smith regime.
Patterson enters his fourth season at Illinois, moving from coaching tight ends the previous three seasons to running backs under Bielema. Smith hired him from St. Louis powerhouse Trinity Catholic High School, where Patterson had been the head coach for three years and won the state title. He has been able to establish recruiting ties in St.
Louis and Illinois. Several of his former players have come to Champaign, including quarterback Isaiah Williams and linebacker Shammond Cooper.
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