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Which members of Lovie Smith’s coaching tree would be a good fit for the open Illinois offensive coordinator position?

The Champaign Room | December 26, 2017

Related Topics: Offensive coordinator, Coaching tree, Lovie Smith, Sterlin Gilbert, Total offense

For the seventh time in the last nine football seasons, the Illinois Fighting Illini are shopping for a new offensive coordinator. With names like Schultz, Petrino, Cubit (x2), and McGee filling the role since 2009, the Illini have only finished in the Top 50 in total offense once (2010).

#Illini NCAA football total offense ranking since 2009:

Schultz - 65th
Petrino - 41st
Petrino - 73rd
Beatty/Gonzales - 122nd
Bill Cubit - 71st
Bill Cubit - 85th
Ryan Cubit - 96th
McGee - 125th
McGee - 127th— Brad Repplinger (@TCRBrad) December 26, 2017

After the news of Garrick McGee’s firing began circulating last Saturday, a handful of names have been brought up as options for the next Illinois offensive coordinator.











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