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 ...

There were no further fireworks during the post-game handshake, and Bielema dodged a question about his altercation with Beamer in his post-game interview on ESPN. If you purchase a product or ...

Illinois prevailed over South Carolina, 21-17, in the most heated Cheez-It Citrus Bowl that has ever been contested following an altercation between head coaches Bret Bielema and Shane Beamer ...

During an in-game interview, he told the ABC broadcast ... Fast forward to the third quarter, Illinois coach Bret Bielema was checking on an injured player on South Carolina’s side of the ...

Tensions rose to inferno level during Tuesday’s Cheez-It Citrus Bowl, a midgame feud between South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and Illinois head coach Bret Bielema nearly boiling over.

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 ...

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 ...

Illinois coach Bret Bielema continues to make his voice heard nearly a week after his team's 21-17 win against South Carolina in the Citrus Bowl in Orlando, Fla. Upon Bielema congratulating both ...

Tensions reached a boiling point on New Year's Eve in the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl between South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer and Illinois head coach Bret Bielema, and the postgame handshake ...

Bret Bielema and the Illinois Fighting Illini finish their 2024 campaign with a Cheez-It Citrus Bowl victory over the South Carolina Gamecocks. They secured a 21-17 victory, giving Bielema his ...

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.