Illinois extends Bret Bielema with six-year deals, securing stability for football and basketball through 2031 ...

"I think the preseason hype bubble will burst early for Illinois in Week 2 in Durham against Duke, a very good team that won ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema is the latest to put names to numbers, showing just what he and Luke Fickell are up against on the recruiting trail. In an interview with Sirius XM's College ...

Bret Bielema is now 14 weeks away (including this upcoming weekend) from beginning his fifth season in Champaign. Five years ago, given where the program was, making it to his fifth season would ...

Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema has agreed to a new six-year contract with the university. Bielema will make $7.7 million per year under the new pact, up from the $6 million he made ...

There’s a difference between recruiting for need and recruiting with vision, and on Wednesday, Bret Bielema and Brad ...

Illinois head coach Bret Bielema opens up about NIL’s chaotic rise, revealing staggering roster budgets and the urgent need for reform. As the NIL era turns college football into a financial ...

Before joining Josh Whitman, Brad Underwood and Shauna Green for four days of Big Ten meetings in Los Angeles, Illini football coach Bret Bielema joined Steve Kelly and Loren Tate for a newsy ...

As the NIL era turns college football into a financial arms race, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema isn’t mincing words: “Insanity, at its best.” With top-tier programs reportedly pushing $35 ...

An inability to sustain success has dogged the program since the late 1950s, which is precisely what Bret Bielema was brought in to fix ahead of the 2021 season. Big Ten post-spring power rankings ...

Every year as a college head coach — be it at Wisconsin, Arkansas or Illinois — Bielema has had a roster of 120, including 35 non-scholarship players. It’s looking more and more like he’ll ...