University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Tricia Taliaferro

Women’s soccer coach, 1999-2001

Coached Illini to 1st 2 NCAA tourney berths

Joe Tanner

NASA astronaut

Flew 4 shuttle missions

Jeff Tarte

State senator

North Carolina

Mary Eggers Tendler

Illini Athletics HOF

Volleyball coach, Elon

Hillary Tennant

Illini volleyball setter

3rd-team All-American, 2010

Lou Tepper

3 bowls as head coach

25-31-2 record, 1991-96

Deon Thomas

UI's career scoring leader

Basketball radio analyst

Karleton Thomas

Director of entrepreneurship

Urban League of D.C.

Jim Thompson

Illinois’ 37th governor (1977-91)

Died in 2020 at age 84

Craig Tiley

Tennis Australia CEO

Coached 2003 NCAA champs

Adam Tirapelle

2001 NCAA wrestling champ

Fresno financial consultant

Alex Tirapelle

All-American wrestler

Former Penn coach

Mike Todasco

Director of innovation

PayPal

Jaime Torres

General manager/sports attorney

International Baseball Sports Management, Inc.

Karen Totaro

Executive VP/GM

San Diego Convention Center

Tiana Tozer

2-time Paralympian

Consultant, speaker

Darren Treasure

Sports psychologist

Nike’s Oregon Project

Tom Trone

Retired director/sales

John Deere

Jack Trudeau

10-year NFL quarterback

llini career-best 8,725 passing yards

Bobby True

2000 Liberian Olympian

8-time Big Ten champ

Otho Tucker

Illini guard, 1972-76

Charter school CEO

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Kayani Turner

Assistant volleyball coach

Towson University

Ron Turner

Football coach, 1997-2004

Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl