Illinois football is adding a familiar name to the coaching staff to help with recruiting.
The Illini coaching staff had a shake-up this offseason with our defensive coordinator heading to Purdue to take over as head coach. He also took multiple assistant coaches with him.
These departures left holes in the Illinois coaching staff. Bret Bielema, for the most part, hired from within to fill in the crucial spots. An example of this was elevating Aaron Henry from defensive backs coach to defensive coordinator.
Bielema is now rounding out some of the lower-level coaching positions.