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Bret Bielema

Current Position

Head Coach

Salary

Coach Salaries Index

Salary

$8,200,000Source

Coach Salaries Index

Alma MaterIowa/ 1992

DegreeMarketing

Age56

High SchoolProphetstown

HometownProphetstown, IL

RivalsBret Bielema

Agent:

Neil Cornrich

NC Sports

Also Representing

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/Age: 73/$10.1M

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/Age: 70/$7.2M

Bielema News

ESPN ranks Big Ten Football teams from first to last after Week 14

CBS Sports ranks Big Ten Football head coaches after Matt Campbell, Kyle Whittingham hires

Steve Samra•12/29/25

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West QB intel: Top schools, new favorites for elite quarterbacks

Adam Gorney•12/15/25

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National Signing Day: Analysts empty their notebooks on the 2026 class

Rivals Staff•12/01/25

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High school coaches offer their picks to be the Florida Gators’ next head coach

Blake Alderman•10/24/25

Top 25 largest buyouts for college football head coaches in 2025

Top 25 largest buyouts for college football head coaches in 2025

Nick Schultz•10/08/25

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College Football Head Coach Salaries: Top 25 highest paid coaches in 2025 revealed

Dan Morrison•10/08/25

Coaching History

Illinois

Head Coach2021 - present

New York

Outside Linebackers Coach2020 - 2020

New England

Defensive Line Coach2019 - 2019

New England

Associate Head Coach2018 - 2018

Arkansas

Head Coach2013 - 2017

Wisconsin

Head Coach2006 - 2012

Wisconsin

Defensive Coordinator2004 - 2005

Kansas State

Co-Defensive Coordinator2002 - 2003