University of Illinois' new football coach Bret Bielema and his family were introduced to the media outside the Smith Center on UI campus in Champaign, Ill. on Sunday, Dec. 20 , 2020. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP)

University of Illinois' new football coach Bret Bielema and his family, wife Jen and daughters Briella, front, and Brexli were introduced to the media outside the Smith Center on UI campus in Champaign, Ill. on Sunday, Dec. 20 , 2020. (Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette via AP)

Incoming Illinois football coach Bret Bielema speaks at a news conference at Smith Football Center in Champaign, Ill. Bielema said Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, he hopes to have a coaching staff in place by early January. 2021, and is already concentrating on homegrown recruiting. Bielema, a native of Prophetstown, Ill., replaces Lovie Smith, who went 17-39 overall in his five-year tenure and posted a 10-33 Big Ten record. Bielema's initial contract is for six years beginning with an annual salary of $4.2 million. (Michael Glasgow/University of Illinois Athletics via AP)

Incoming Illinois football coach Bret Bielema, left, is accompanied by Josh Whitman, Director of Athletics at Smith Football Center in Champaign, Ill., as he is introduced as the new football coach at U of I in this undated photo. Bielema said Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, he hopes to have a coaching staff in place by early January 2021, and is already concentrating on homegrown recruiting. (Michael Glasgow/University of Illinois Athletics via AP)