The Illinois football team will need a new defensive line coach for the 2018 season.
Mike Phair is leaving the program to become the defensive line coach with the Indianapolis Colts, sources close to the program confirmed to The News-Gazette on Thursday afternoon.
FootballScoop first reported the move.
Phair has spent the last three seasons with Illinois. Tim Beckman first hired him to coach the defensive line and serve as the program's co-defensive coordinator prior to the 2015 season.
Phair held that role for the entire 2015 season, a season that saw Beckman get fired a week before the season opener.