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The men's college basketball program of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign was founded in 1905 and is known competitively as the Fighting Illini. The team has had 18 head coaches in its history, and they have won 2 Helms and Premo-Porretta National Championship.
The Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team began play during the 1905–06 season with Elwood Brown guiding the team to a 9–8 record as their first coach. Frank L. Pinckney took control of the team before the start of the 1906–07 season .
This category is for men's basketball coaches at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. Pages in category "Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball coaches" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total.
Bradley Cole Underwood (born December 14, 1963) is the current head coach for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team. Previously, he served as head coach at Oklahoma State, Stephen F. Austin, Dodge City Community College, and Daytona Beach Community College and assistant coach at Western Illinois, Kansas State, and South Carolina.
^A. The team was retroactively named the national champion by the Premo-Porretta Power Poll. ^B. Jamall Walker coached the last three games of the 2016–17 season in the NIT, going 2–1 as the interim coach.
The Illinois basketball team is back in Sweet 16. Here is the Illini history in that March Madness game, including when it was powered by Peoria.
The 2000–01 Illinois Fighting Illini men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first year head coach Bill Self, the Illini played their home games at Assembly Hall in Champaign, Illinois and were members of the Big Ten Conference.
It also added sophomores George Bon Salle, Bill Altenberger, Hiles Stout, and future Illini head coach, Harv Schmidt. Exactly like the previous season, the Illini finished with a conference record of 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing in a 2nd place tie in the Big Ten .