# 47 - Inside the Mind of Illinois Coach Bret Bielema

Bret Bielema is the Head Football Coach at the University of Illinois. 0:00 - Introduction 0:41 - How To Be The Best You 3:01 - Losing his Mother 4:34 - Hard Conversations 6:51 - Relationships 8:24 - What Drives Bret Bielema? 9:30 - Luck 10:57 - How to plan 13:07 - Why Coaching? 14:23 - Consistency 18:08 - Bret Bielema's Daughters. 19:39 - Failures 21:50 - How to work hard (and smart) 23:28 - Advice for young people 🚥Overrated or Underrated 🚥 25:08 - 🐶 Gifting Your Wife Puppies 25:40 - 🤼 Wrestling 26:07 - ⚽️ "Football" 26:18 - 🤳 Social media 27:36 - Closing Words *Consider Supporting Us* If you enjoy our talk show and videos, your support means the world to us! Your contributions help us keep the show running and focus on creating interesting conversations with interesting people. Every dollar goes towards our basic needs, allowing us to dedicate more time and energy to this project. Support us here: https://www.patreon.com/uiuctalkshow *Join The UIUC Talkshow Community!* Become part of our community and unlock exclusive access to the latest episodes, behind-the-scenes content, and special updates. Be the first to know about upcoming guests and new episodes. Join here: https://uiuctalkshow.substack.com/ *SOCIAL:* - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/uiuctalkshow - X: https://twitter.com/uiuctalkshow - TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@uiuctalkshow - Patreon https://www.patreon.com/uiuctalkshow - Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3ezoc4xJa4DrGq7N4lhqQn - Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-uiuc-talkshow/id1611427075 - Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1H9UJqXvJXr3qlx9c89Rv76c6IpnwGeC - Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UIUCTalkshowClips *What is The UIUC Talkshow?* Our goal with this show is to introduce you to the most interesting people with the most interesting ideas from the UIUC campus. *Learn more about Juan David & Aaryaman:* Aaryaman Website: https://www.aaryamanpatel.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaryamanpatel/ X: https://twitter.com/aaryamanpatel Juan David Website: https://www.juandavidcampolargo.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jdcampolargo X: https://twitter.com/jdcampolargo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jdcampolargo/