( Ben Goff)
Arkansas interim head coach Barry Lunney Jr. is shown during a game against Missouri on Friday, Nov. 29, 2019, in Little Rock.
Former Arkansas player and coach Barry Lunney Jr. was hired as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Illinois on Saturday.
Lunney, 47, spent the past two seasons as offensive coordinator at Texas-San Antonio. At Illinois he will be reunited with Bret Bielema, the Fighting Illini’s head coach who hired Lunney at Arkansas prior to the 2013 season.
"I'm thankful and excited for the opportunity to join Coach Bielema at the University of Illinois," Lunney said in a press release announcing the hire.