Illinois named former Illini wideout George McDonald its new assistant head coach and wise receivers coach on Wednesday night.
McDonald spent the past six seasons at North Carolina State and has experience in three Power Five conferences, as well as the NFL.
“It was almost 20 years ago when I met George McDonald on the recruiting trails in South Florida,” head coach Bret Bielema said in a statement. “George has established himself as a premier football coach, but more importantly, as a leader of young men. To bring him back as the assistant head coach at the University of Illinois, to work our wide receivers, and to help us build this program into what he knows it can be as a former student-athlete, while bringing his family into the Champaign-Urbana community, is a true pleasure.