Head football coach Bret Bielema and Illinois have agreed to a six-year extension that will increase Bielema's salary to $7.7 ...

Illinois has locked in its football and men’s basketball coaches for the long term, agreeing to six-year contracts with Bret ...

Illinois has locked in its football and men’s basketball coaches for the long term, agreeing to six-year contracts with Bret ...

The Illinois football program isn't slowing down anytime soon. Tuesday evening, coach Bret Bielema continued his commitment ...

Bielema has turned the Illini football program around, and has been rewarded with a lucrative contract extension.

Navy-and-orange billboards line I-74 through central Illinois from near the Mississippi River on the west to the Indiana ...

Arkansas coach Sam Pittman is far from perfect. He came into a program that was burned to the ground by his predecessors, ...

Former Wisconsin football head coach Bret Bielema and the Illinois Fighting Illini have agreed to a new six-year contract ...

Bob Asmussen is a college football reporter and columnist for The News-Gazette. He can be reached at 217-393-8248 or asmussen ...

Illinois head football coach Bret Bielema has agreed to a new six-year contract with the university. Bielema will make $7.7 ...

Bielema earned the contract extension by turning the forever-inconsistent program into a winner and providing hope for more ...