Illinois coach Bret Bielema is feeling great. The Illini are coming off their first 10-win season since 2001. A junior day over the weekend had more than a dozen of the top local prospects on campus.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Former Ball State coach Mike Neu has joined Illinois’ staff as a senior offensive assistant. Illinois coach Bret Bielema announced the hire. Neu went 40-63 at Ball State from 2016-24. He was fired in November, when Ball State had a 3-7 record with two games remaining in its season.

Illinois football fans are well aware of coach Bret Bielema's feistiness and competitive nature on the field and in the forums – whether that's defending his club in front of a press conference throng or pushing back on a social-media slight.

Illinois football coach Bret Bielema knows expectations for his team in 2025 have – relatively speaking – shot right through the roof. It's not often the Illini are ranked in way-too-early lookahead top 25s,

“I’ve always liked Bret,” Finebaum said on The Paul Finebaum Show Wednesday. “He was fun when we were together. But he is right. Harbaugh is just a disingenuous fraud about all the things he used to say. He didn’t want to face the music. By the way, Michigan didn’t really want him to stay.”

Bret Bielema was in mid-season form this week when he trolled Jim Harbaugh on social media after it was reported Michigan pushed back against the NCAA in the sign-stealing investigation. The Illinois coach re-posted old videos of the Harbaugh, the former Michigan coach, speaking about truth and integrity.

Illinois coach Bret Bielema, who has been outspoken against Michigan amid its sign-stealing allegations, trolled Jim Harbaugh on the matter Tuesday:

Illinois coach Bret Bielema shared a caveat about his best offensive player from last season, the first from the 2024 roster to declare for this spring's NFL Draft.

ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum is back to his old routine, once again taking aim at Jim Harbaugh as the sign-stealing scandal is once again the topic of conversatio

The dust has started to settle between Illinois coach Bret Bielema and Los Angeles Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh. Not everyone has defended Bielema's now-viral remarks toward the former Michigan national championship-winning coach after new information surfaced Tuesday about the sign-stealing scandal that occurred during his tenure.

Bret Bielema has not been afraid to voice his opinions on social media as of late, and on Tuesday night, Jim Harbaugh was his target. Bieleme quoted a video that was posted of Harbaugh when he was the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers. In the video, Harbaugh says “If you cheat to win, then you've already lost.”