Bill Text: IL HR0419 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Bret Bielema on being named the new head coach of the University of Illinois football team.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-09 - Resolution Adopted [HR0419 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HR0419-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Bret Bielema on being | ||||||
4 | named the new head coach of the University of Illinois | ||||||
5 | football team in December 2020; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Bret Bielema is the 26th head football coach in | ||||||
7 | the 132-year history of the program; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Bret Bielema has 24 years of collegiate coaching | ||||||
9 | experience and compiled a 12-year record of 97 wins and 58 | ||||||
10 | losses as head coach at Wisconsin and Arkansas; from 2013 to | ||||||
11 | 2017, he spent five seasons as head coach at Arkansas, where he | ||||||
12 | led the team to three consecutive bowl games, including | ||||||
13 | victories against Texas in 2014 and Kansas State in 2015; from | ||||||
14 | 2006 to 2012, he led Wisconsin to three Big Ten championships | ||||||
15 | (2010-12), six consecutive bowl games, and a 68 and 24 record; | ||||||
16 | and
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17 | WHEREAS, Bret Bielema played for and coached under | ||||||
18 | Hall-of-Famer Hayden Fry, helping Iowa to a share of the 1990 | ||||||
19 | Big Ten title with Illinois; after two years as a graduate | ||||||
20 | assistant and six seasons as linebacker coach at Iowa, he | ||||||
21 | spent two years as co-defensive coordinator at Kansas State | ||||||
22 | under Hall-of-Famer Bill Snyder, helping the team win the 2003 |
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1 | Big 12 Championship; two seasons later, he was named defensive | ||||||
2 | coordinator at Wisconsin under Hall-of-Famer Barry Alvarez; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Bret Bielema is a native of Prophetstown; | ||||||
5 | therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
7 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
8 | we congratulate Bret Bielema on being named the new head coach | ||||||
9 | of the University of Illinois football team, and we wish him | ||||||
10 | many successful seasons ahead; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to Bret Bielema as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
13 | esteem.
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