Plenty of Illinois football greats are known by their last names alone: Butkus, Grange, Leman, Grabowski. Some even gained a following with their first name, like Juice and Simeon.
The UI's new football coach falls into that first-name category. Lovie Smith was named the program's 25th head coach on Monday, and not long after, his first name became a popular hashtag on Twitter.
Before he was born in 1958, Smith's parents thought they were having a girl and planned to name her after her great aunt Lavana. Despite having a boy, they stuck with the plan, which is how Lovie came to be.