Bielema was yet another coach that had nothing but praise for Oregon's third-year coach during his weekly press conference. The former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach said he met Lanning a few years ...

Coach Bret Bielema is taking Illinois to unforeseen heights. The once-storied-turned-fledgling program needed a boost of morale after Lovie Smith was fired following a disastrous stint ...

few were quite as pointed as Illinois coach Bret Bielema, who slammed the Wolverines’ alleged misdeeds in the kind of plain, biting language that few other active coaches did. In the first game ...

CHAMPAIGN -When Bret ... special," Bielema said during Monday's media session. "I want my family which is my football family to see me with my family." That family includes wife Jen and young ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema is the 29th highest-paid coach in college football but trails nine other Big Ten Conference coaches, according to USA TODAY Sports' annual analysis of coaches ...

When Illinois coach Bret Bielema stood before his ... so thank you to my wife, my family, to have this moment," Bielema said Saturday. "This is what I came here for, right? I thought we could ...

Ahead of the game, Illinois head coach Bret Bielema spoke with media Monday about the matchup. Bielema was yet another coach that had nothing but praise for Oregon's third-year coach during his ...

This is all a roundabout way of approaching the question in the back of minds in Champaign and perhaps further and wider: Can Bret Bielema, who has led Illinois to an unexpected 5-1 start ahead of ...