SMU defensive coordinator Kevin Kane will be leaving the program today after taking a job at Illinois.
Kane, SMU’s defensive coordinator for the past three seasons, will become the associate head coach under Illinois head coach Bret Bielema.
The move was announced by Illinois in a press release earlier this afternoon.
“I am fired up to get back to Illinois and work with (Bielema),” Kane said in a prepared statement. “I’ve previously coached in the state of Illinois and worked for (Bielema), and I know we will have success here.”
Kane worked with Bielema when he was a graduate assistant at Wisconsin in 2008.