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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives wish to congratulate Bret Bielema on being 
4named the new head coach of the University of Illinois 
5football team in December 2020; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Bret Bielema is the 26th head football coach in 
7the 132-year history of the program; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Bret Bielema has 24 years of collegiate coaching 
9experience and compiled a 12-year record of 97 wins and 58 
10losses as head coach at Wisconsin and Arkansas; from 2013 to 
112017, he spent five seasons as head coach at Arkansas, where he 
12led the team to three consecutive bowl games, including 
13victories against Texas in 2014 and Kansas State in 2015; from 
142006 to 2012, he led Wisconsin to three Big Ten championships 
15(2010-12), six consecutive bowl games, and a 68 and 24 record; 
16and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Bret Bielema played for and coached under 
18Hall-of-Famer Hayden Fry, helping Iowa to a share of the 1990 
19Big Ten title with Illinois;  after two years as a graduate 
20assistant and six seasons as linebacker coach at Iowa, he 
21spent two years as co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State 
22under Hall-of-Famer Bill Snyder, helping the team  win the 2003 
 
 
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1Big 12 Championship;  two seasons later, he was named defensive 
2coordinator at Wisconsin under Hall-of-Famer Barry Alvarez; 
3and
  
 
4    WHEREAS,  Bret Bielema is a native of Prophetstown; 
5therefore, be it
  
 
  
6    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
7HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
8we congratulate Bret Bielema on being named the new head coach 
9of the University of Illinois football team, and we wish him 
10many successful seasons ahead; and be it further
  
 
11    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
12presented to Bret Bielema as a symbol of our respect and 
13esteem.