Bret Bielema is returning to the Big Ten and his home state to coach Illinois.
he Illini hired the former Wisconsin and Arkansas coach, hoping he can turn around a program with nine straight losing seasons. Bielema is 97-58 in 12 years at Wisconsin and Arkansas. He went 68-24 with the Badgers from 2006 to 2012 before leaving to coach the Razorbacks. He finished with a 29-34 mark at Arkansas and was fired in November 2017.
Bielema has been coaching in the NFL since.
