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.

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema met with the media following his team's XX-XX loss/victory against South Carolina in the ...

An Illinois football player was down near the South Carolina sideline at one point in the second half and Bret Bielema went ...

Now in his fourth season leading Illinois football, Bret Bielema has the Illini in a prime spot. Beat writer Bob Asmussen ...

South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer, who erupted during the Cheez-It Citrus Bowl during an incident involving Illinois’ Bret Bielema, was subdued when he discussed the issue after the game.

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.

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 ...

Bowl season is getting heated in college football. Shane Beamer's South Carolina squad lined up against Bret Bielema's Illinois squad in this year's Cheez-It Citrus Bowl after being two of the ...

Beamer had to be held back as the Gamecocks approached Illinois' red zone late in the third quarter, as Fighting Illini coach Bret Bielema appeared to taunt Beamer after signaling to Beamer with a ...