Bret Bielema: Getting players and coaches into the league.
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Specifically during team you would need at least two coaches to watch both sides of the ball at the same time. Drill work you need someone that is working on technique and someone that is running the drill, it is damn near impossible to do both at the same time. If you are coaching a player and you are the only one then the drill grinds to a halt.
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Every position needs at least two coaches. The detail involved in everything that is done is insane.
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Every position needs at least two coaches. The detail involved in everything that is done is insane.
The story tells itself
Joel Goodson
- how was I to know, she was with the Russians too?
just want to reiterate how flippin' fortunate we are to have BB leading our program. he's an utter gem
great call, Josh!
Yes. He has become the one coach that makes me feel the best about Illinois Football since Mike White and John Mackovic. He may be, after it is all said and done, the best. What construction to Memorial Stadium is Bret referring too? Is it the new LED lights that were mentioned a few years ago or is it something else?
Duties are very specific and specialized. Every staff is different, but 2 outside linebackers coaches could be one is focused on the recruiting and film break down/scouting reports, while the other is more direct with techniques, game plan implementation, etc… no idea if that’s the case here. Just an example. Things are constantly getting more sophisticated and detailed.
Could just be both are good so BB decided on that as a way to keep them. I’d be interested if anyone has knowledge on the topic as it pertains to the illini.
He's talking about the Cowboys, not the Illini.
he’s talking about Harris & Panos together taking over Simtim’s job
two new LB coaches replacing one
No, he specifically asked why there were 22 Cowboy coaches for 45 players.
He means the figurative cowboy persona that coaches have
I was confused by the "co-OLB coaches" because I thought there was only 1 assistant coach spot left. I hadn't realized the NCAA eliminated the on-field coaches limit last summer. I'm curious how staffs will evolve from here as programs determine how to allocate limited resources (increasing assistant coaches, increasing recruiting staff, increasing NIL payouts, etc).
Way-too-early record predictions for every Big Ten football team in 2025
he has us at 10-2
I'm buying Illinois stock entering 2025. The program returns nearly its entire 2024 team -- a group that finished 10-3 after a bowl win over South Carolina. Its schedule is manageable, with Ohio State the only protected top-ranked opponent. The Fighting Illini have a clear path to a CFP berth.
1 will get the official “10th assistant spot” they will both coach the OLBs though. Like they did this year
Seems he used the cowboys as an example. Last I checked there are no threads on this board about the cowboys’ coaching staff. He even used the words “for example”.
To ‘boot’, if he was talking about the cowboys, my point was general, and still stands.
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Sigh.
Dele harding left our staff to become one of 22 coaches on the cowboys with an active roster of 45 players.
His specific question was why it was necessary. Just go back and read.
Dele harding left our staff to become one of 22 coaches on the cowboys with an active roster of 45 players.
His specific question was why it was necessary. Just go back and read.
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Trent Harris Promoted to Outside Linebackers Coach - University of Illinois Athletics
Harris spent the 2024 season as the Illini's assistant outside linebackers coach, helping Illinois to one of its best seasons in program history.
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The ability to sell out Memorial Stadium on a regular basis depends greatly on there being a healthy season ticket base. So a little offseason ticket tracking, if you will...
Tom Moreland, Chief Commercial Officer, UI Athletics recently made appearances on the Saturday Sports Talk radio show and Illini Inquirer podcast. He shared some interesting tidbits that shed light on the current number (and recent growth) of football season tickets.
According to Tom, in 2022, there were roughly 22,000 season ticket holders. As of the 2024 season, there were nearly 37,000. That's growth of almost 15,000 over the two years. (I recall there being "over 10,000" new season tickets sold going in 2023, so there must have been about 5,000 new tickets sold last year.)
Tom also mentioned that there have been almost 2,000 new season ticket deposits placed since the Citrus Bowl. This would be people that intend to buy new tickets for 2025 and have made a $50 nonrefundable deposit per seat they intended to buy. Once the reseat of Memorial Stadium is done, I’m sure season tickets will be available for sale until the summer when single game tickets go on sale. At this rate, it’s possible the season ticket base will break into the low 40,000s for the 2025 season, which would be a significant milestone.
Tom Moreland, Chief Commercial Officer, UI Athletics recently made appearances on the Saturday Sports Talk radio show and Illini Inquirer podcast. He shared some interesting tidbits that shed light on the current number (and recent growth) of football season tickets.
According to Tom, in 2022, there were roughly 22,000 season ticket holders. As of the 2024 season, there were nearly 37,000. That's growth of almost 15,000 over the two years. (I recall there being "over 10,000" new season tickets sold going in 2023, so there must have been about 5,000 new tickets sold last year.)
Tom also mentioned that there have been almost 2,000 new season ticket deposits placed since the Citrus Bowl. This would be people that intend to buy new tickets for 2025 and have made a $50 nonrefundable deposit per seat they intended to buy. Once the reseat of Memorial Stadium is done, I’m sure season tickets will be available for sale until the summer when single game tickets go on sale. At this rate, it’s possible the season ticket base will break into the low 40,000s for the 2025 season, which would be a significant milestone.
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Alex Panos Promoted to Co-Outside Linebackers Coach - University of Illinois Athletics
Panos finished his third season on the Fighting Illini staff and first as an assistant defensive line coach in 2024.
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Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
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Does anyone have any knowledge of how numbers like this look for other programs? Ideally, I'd like to see what programs like Oregon, Missouri, Iowa State, etc. might look like. If Illinois has 40,000 season ticket holders, that's about 67% of capacity. It would be interesting to see how a 67% capacity in season tickets looks compared to other programs.
quick little bit of googling
Wiscy has 40,000 season ticket holders. Iowa has 52,000, USC has 45,000
we need to get to 45,000 - 48,000 in the next two years
OrangeBlue98
Iowa is not in a great spot right now (LvilleILL1)
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That would get us to a similar % of capacity as Iowa. Iowa's at about 74% of capacity (52,000 of 70,000). 75% of our capacity would be close to 46,000. You number seems to be a good target.
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