Tim Beckman was fired Friday. The latest:
What we know
— Illinois athletic director Mike Thomas said he learned Tim Beckman deterred injury reporting and influenced medical decisions that pressured players to avoid or postpone medical treatment and fired him in a Friday afternoon meeting.
— Beckman will not receive the $3.1 million remaining on the last two years of his original five-year contract or the $743,000 called for if his contract had been bought out.
— Illinois will have its fourth head coach this decade (Ron Zook, Vic Koenning and Beckman are the others) when the Illini open the season next Friday against Kent State.