University of Illinois | 150 Years & Beyond

Itch Jones

Career record of 1,240-718-6 as baseball coach at Illinois and Southern Illinois

Died in 2025

Theresa Grentz

Led Illini women's basketball to 5 NCAA tournament berths

Inducted into Naismith, Illini and Women's Basketball halls of Fame

Katie Hultin

Illini women's soccer coach

Succeeded Janet Rayfield in December 2024

Jack Groppel

Former Illini men’s tennis coach (1978-81)

Co-founder, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute

Justin Bozarth

Basketball coach, guidance counselor

Tuscola High

Mike Rizzo

GM, president of baseball operations

Washington Nationals

Kieran Kelliher

Head of finannce, Chicago Bulls

Adjunct lecturer, Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

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Tricia Taliaferro

Women’s soccer coach, 1999-2001

Coached Illini to 1st 2 NCAA tourney berths

Justi Rae Miller

Associate general counsel, State Farm

2-time All-Big Ten golfer

April Warren-Grice

Founder/CEO

Liberated Genius, LLC

Patty Cisneros Prevo

3-time basketball Paralympian

Coached Illini women to national title

Jim Lutz

Women’s swimming coach, 1993-2000

.615 win pct. tops in program history

Cristy Chapman Uhrig

1999 Dike Eddleman Award

All-Big Ten middle blocker

Sujay Lama

5 NCAA tourney trips as women’s tennis coach

Now North Texas' winningest coach

Wendel McRaven

UI men’s cross-country coach (2005-10)

Now coaching at Texas A&M

Greg Landry

Illini offensive coordinator

Lou Tepper era (1993-94)

John Groce

95-75 as Illini coach (2012-17)

Now coaching Akron Zips

Bob Starkell

11 seasons leading women’s gymnastics

2009 National Coach of the Year

Tom Sinak

2-time all-Big Ten outfielder

Area manager, New American Funding

Terri Sullivan

2010 Big Ten softball coach of year

488-369-2 in 16 seasons

Bill Self

3 seasons, 3 NCAA tournaments

78-24 as Illini basketball coach (2000-03)

Ron Turner

Football coach, 1997-2004

Took ’01 Illini to Sugar Bowl

Kevin Hambly

Stanford volleyball coach

178-86, 6 NCAA tourney trips at Illinois

Reilly O’Toole

Former Illini quarterback

No. 8 all-time in pass efficiency

Sarah Vargo

Artist, life coach, author

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