Illinois Football Hires Hauck's Son, Linehan for Defense

Illinois Football Revamps Defensive Staff: Bobby Haucks Son, Mike Linehan Join as Key Coaches Illinois football is making significant changes to its defensive staff early in the offseason. After losing defensive coordinator Aaron Henry to Notre Dame, head coach Bret Bielema hired veteran Bobby Hauck to replace him. This week, they added two more key coaches: Robby Hauck, Bobbys son, and Mike Linehan. Robby Hauck, with four years of coaching experience from Portland State, brings expertise in special teams and tight ends. As a former standout defensive back at Montana, he was a three-time All-American and is familiar with the aggressive three-three-five scheme his dad plans to run at Illinois. Mike Linehan, son of ex-NFL coordinator Scott Linehan, joins from Montana, where he coached defensive ends for the last three years under Bobby Hauck. With a playing background as a linebacker at Idaho and North Texas, Linehan has forty-three tackles to his college credit. Bielema also reshuffled existing staff, promoting Artur Sitkowski to full quarterbacks coach, naming Mike Neu passing game coordinator, and moving Houston Griffith to assistant tight ends coach on offense. These strategic moves aim to strengthen the defense around Bobby Haucks system, setting Illinois up for a solid rebuild as spring practices approach. Support the show:Get a discount at https://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/176946d3cad75789