Coaching History
Illinois Football Coaches
Season-by-season coaching records, tenure arcs, and linked CFBTrack profiles for Illinois.
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Coaches
25
Indexed Record
634-627-49
Best Win %
Edgar Holt 80.4%
All-time coaching ledger
Records use fallback-adjusted coach-season rows. Zero-game placeholders are not included in the table totals.
| Coach | Years | Record | Win % | Best SRS | Best Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bret Bielema | 2021-2025 • 5 seasons | 37-26 | 58.7% | 12.3 | #16 |
| Lovie Smith | 2016-2020 • 5 seasons | 17-39 | 30.4% | -0.4 | — |
| Rod Smith | 2020-2020 • 1 seasons | 0-1 | 0.0% | -7.4 | — |
| Bill Cubit | 2015-2015 • 1 seasons | 5-7 | 41.7% | -1.5 | — |
| Tim Beckman | 2012-2014 • 3 seasons | 12-25 | 32.4% | -3.4 | — |
| Ron Zook | 2005-2011 • 7 seasons | 34-51 | 40.0% | 9.7 | #20 |
| Ron Turner | 1997-2004 • 8 seasons | 35-57 | 38.0% | 14.3 | #12 |
| Lou Tepper | 1992-1996 • 5 seasons | 25-30-2 | 45.6% | 19.5 | — |
| John Mackovic | 1988-1991 • 4 seasons | 30-16-1 | 64.9% | 14.8 | #10 |
| Mike White | 1980-1987 • 8 seasons | 47-41-3 | 53.3% | 13.9 | #10 |
| Gary Moeller | 1977-1979 • 3 seasons | 6-24-3 | 22.7% | -4.0 | — |
| Bob Blackman | 1971-1976 • 6 seasons | 29-36-1 | 44.7% | 9.0 | — |
| James Valek | 1967-1970 • 4 seasons | 8-32 | 20.0% | 0.7 | — |
| Pete Elliott | 1960-1966 • 7 seasons | 31-34-1 | 47.7% | 18.9 | #3 |
| Ray Eliot | 1942-1959 • 18 seasons | 83-73-11 | 53.0% | 29.3 | #4 |
| Robert Zuppke | 1913-1941 • 29 seasons | 131-81-12 | 61.2% | 36.4 | — |
| Arthur Hall | 1907-1912 • 6 seasons | 27-10-3 | 71.3% | 13.9 | — |
| Justa Lindgren | 1906-1906 • 1 seasons | 1-3-1 | 30.0% | -5.7 | — |
| Fred Lowenthal | 1905-1905 • 1 seasons | 5-4 | 55.6% | 10.2 | — |
| George Woodruff | 1903-1903 • 1 seasons | 8-6 | 57.1% | 1.7 | — |
| Edgar Holt | 1901-1902 • 2 seasons | 18-4-1 | 80.4% | 16.4 | — |
| Fred Smith | 1900-1900 • 1 seasons | 7-3-2 | 66.7% | -6.2 | — |
| George Huff | 1895-1899 • 5 seasons | 21-16-3 | 56.3% | -4.6 | — |
| Louis Vail | 1894-1894 • 1 seasons | 5-3 | 62.5% | — | — |
| EK Hall | 1892-1893 • 2 seasons | 12-5-5 | 65.9% | — | — |
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