Illinois athletics director Ron Guenther announced Saturday that head football coach Ron Zook will return as head coach in 2010.
“There will be some changes, but there won’t be a change at the top,” Guenther told reporters Saturday, according to ESPN.com. “There’s a great deal of frustration, obviously, with the program at the moment.”
Zook is 19-36 at Illinois with his only winning season being a Rose Bowl appearance in 2007. The head coach has been feeling the heat since the Illini have gone 1-6 this season, despite an abundance of talent.
Zook was formerly the head coach at Florida, but was labeled as a great recruiter who couldn’t get the most out of his talent. The Illini lost 24-14 at Purdue Saturday and host Michigan next Saturday.
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