On November 28, interim head coach Bill Cubit was signed to a two-year contract and named head coach. However, on March 5, Cubit was fired by new athletic director Josh Whitman.
On August 28, 2015—one week before the start of the regular season—head coach Tim Beckman was fired after an internal investigation found that he had made efforts "to deter injury reporting and influence medical decisions that pressured players to avoid or postpone medical treatment and continue playing despite injuries." He was replaced by offensive coordinator Bill Cubit on an interim basis for the season.[1]
A few hours before the final game of the season, Cubit had the "Interim" removed from his title and was named permanent head coach. It was an appointment that would last only one game, as Cubit was removed during the following off-season by new Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman, on the day Whitman officially assumed the role, in favor of former Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith.
Scheduleedit
Illinois announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3, 2013. The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Fighting Illini will host Big Ten foes Nebraska, Northwestern, Ohio State, and Wisconsin and will travel to Iowa, Minnesota, Penn State, and Purdue.[2]
Patrick Embleton - Director of Football Student-Athlete Development
Aaron Hillmann - Head Football Strength & Conditioning Coach
Trent Chestnut - Head Football Equipment Manager
Alex Benizzi - Director of Football Video
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
Injured
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Roster Last update: December 1, 2015
Referencesedit
^Ryan, Shannon; Cohen, Jodi S. (August 28, 2015). "Illinois Fires Football Coach Tim Beckman over Mishandling of Injuries". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 30, 2015.
^ (Press release). Illinois Athletics. June 3, 2013. Archived from the original on June 25, 2013. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
^"2015 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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The 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign in the 2015 NCAA Division I FBS football season They were led by interim head coach Bill Cubit and played their home games at Memorial Stadium They were members of the West Division of the Big Ten Conference They finished the season 5 7 2 6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the West Division 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini footballConferenceBig Ten ConferenceDivisionWest DivisionRecord5 7 2 6 Big Ten Head coachBill Cubit interim Offensive coordinatorBill CubitOffensive schemeSpreadCo defensive coordinatorTim Banks 4th season Co defensive coordinatorMike Phair 1st season Home stadiumMemorial Stadium Capacity 60 670 Seasons 20142016 2015 Big Ten Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionNo 6 Michigan State xy 7 1 12 2 No 4 Ohio State x 7 1 12 1 No 12 Michigan 6 2 10 3 Penn State 4 4 7 6 Indiana 2 6 6 7 Rutgers 1 7 4 8 Maryland 1 7 3 9 West DivisionNo 9 Iowa xy 8 0 12 2 No 23 Northwestern 6 2 10 3 No 21 Wisconsin 6 2 10 3 Nebraska 3 5 6 7 Minnesota 2 6 6 7 Illinois 2 6 5 7 Purdue 1 7 2 10 Championship Michigan State 16 Iowa 13 College Football Playoff participant Conference championx Division champion co championsy Championship game participantRankings from AP PollOn November 28 interim head coach Bill Cubit was signed to a two year contract and named head coach However on March 5 Cubit was fired by new athletic director Josh Whitman Contents 1 Head coach 2 Schedule 3 Roster 4 ReferencesHead coach editOn August 28 2015 one week before the start of the regular season head coach Tim Beckman was fired after an internal investigation found that he had made efforts to deter injury reporting and influence medical decisions that pressured players to avoid or postpone medical treatment and continue playing despite injuries He was replaced by offensive coordinator Bill Cubit on an interim basis for the season 1 A few hours before the final game of the season Cubit had the Interim removed from his title and was named permanent head coach It was an appointment that would last only one game as Cubit was removed during the following off season by new Illinois Athletic Director Josh Whitman on the day Whitman officially assumed the role in favor of former Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Lovie Smith Schedule editIllinois announced their 2015 football schedule on June 3 2013 The 2015 schedule consist of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season The Fighting Illini will host Big Ten foes Nebraska Northwestern Ohio State and Wisconsin and will travel to Iowa Minnesota Penn State and Purdue 2 The Fighting Illini hosted three of their four non conference games against Kent State Middle Tennessee and Western Illinois Illinois traveled to Chapel Hill North Carolina and faced the North Carolina of the Atlantic Coast Conference on September 19 DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceSeptember 52 00 pmKent State Memorial StadiumChampaign ILBTNW 52 336 693September 1211 00 amWestern Illinois Memorial StadiumChampaign ILBTNW 44 037 733September 1911 00 amat North Carolina Kenan Memorial StadiumChapel Hill NCESPN2L 14 4841 000September 263 00 pmMiddle Tennessee Memorial StadiumChampaign ILESPNewsW 27 2544 366October 33 00 pmNebraskaMemorial StadiumChampaign ILBTNW 14 1340 138October 1011 00 amat No 22 IowaKinnick StadiumIowa City IAESPN2L 20 2966 693October 242 30 pmWisconsin nbsp Memorial StadiumChampaign ILBTNL 13 2445 438October 3111 00 amat Penn StateBeaver StadiumUniversity Park PAESPN2L 0 3994 417November 711 00 amat PurdueRoss Ade StadiumWest Lafayette IN Battle for the Purdue Cannon BTNW 48 1440 197November 1411 00 amNo 3 Ohio StateMemorial StadiumChampaign IL Battle for the Illibuck ABCL 3 2851 515November 2111 00 amat MinnesotaTCF Bank StadiumMinneapolis MNESPNewsL 23 3247 976November 282 30 pmNo 17 NorthwesternSoldier FieldChicago IL Battle for the Land of Lincoln Trophy ESPNUL 14 2433 514 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to gameAll times are in Central timeSchedule Source 3 Roster edit2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team rosterPlayers CoachesOffense Pos Name ClassRB 2 Reggie Corbin FrQB 3 Jeff George Jr FrWR 4 Dionte Taylor JrRB 5 Ke Shawn Vaughn FrRB 6 Josh Ferguson nbsp SrQB 7 Chayce Crouch nbsp FrWR 8 Geronimo Allison SrWR 9 Sam Mays FrQB 10 Jimmy Fitzgerald FrWR 11 Malik Turner SoQB 12 Wes Lunt nbsp JrTE 13 Caleb Reams FrQB 14 Alex Mussat FrWR 15 Tyrin Stone Davis nbsp JrWR 16 Marchie Murdock nbsp SoWR 18 Mike Dudek SoWR 19 Justin Hardee SrWR 21 Man Berg nbsp SoRB 23 Henry Enyenihi nbsp SrRB 25 Kendrick Foster nbsp SoRB 26 Cameron Tucker nbsp SrRB 27 Dre Brown FrTE 30 Jim Nudera nbsp SrWR 31 Leslie Poole nbsp SrTE 39 Nathan Echard nbsp SoTE 42 Chris Royer FrTE 47 Tim Clary nbsp SrOL 52 Adam Solomon FrOL 53 Nick Allegretti nbsp FrOL 55 Chris Boles nbsp SrOL 57 Austin Schmidt JrOL 63 Mike Parisi FrOL 64 Jack Broeker FrOL 66 Jordan Fagan SoOL 67 Christian DiLauro nbsp SoOL 68 Matt Long FrOL 69 Ted Karras nbsp SrOL 70 Max Marietti FrOL 71 Joe Spencer nbsp JrOL 72 Gabe Megginson FrOL 73 Chris O Connor nbsp SrOL 74 Connor Brennan JrOL 75 Pat Flavin nbsp SrOL 76 Zeke Martin FrOL 78 Harry Black JrOL 79 Zach Heath JrTE 80 Ainslie Johnson JrWR 81 Raphael Barr nbsp SoWR 82 Kameron Fry nbsp JrTE 83 Bobby Walker FrWR 84 Jordan Hahn nbsp SoWR 86 Desmond Cain FrTE 87 Tyler White JrWR 88 Zach Grant nbsp JrTE 89 Andrew Davis Jr Defense Pos Name ClassDB 2 V Angelo Bentley SrDB 3 Taylor Barton FrSTAR 5 James Crawford nbsp SoLEO 6 Carroll Phillips nbsp JrDB 7 Caleb Day JrDB 8 Dillan Cazley JrDL 9 Kenny Nelson nbsp SrLB 10 B J Bello nbsp JrDL 11 Chunky Clements JrDB 12 Chris James nbsp FrSTAR 14 Eric Finney nbsp SrDB 15 Jevaris Little nbsp JrDL 16 Rob Bain nbsp JrDL 17 Jihad Ward SrDB 19 Frank Sumpter FrDB 20 Clayton Fejedelem nbsp SrDB 21 Darwyn Kelly nbsp SoDB 21 Patrick Nelson FrLB 22 LaKeith Walls nbsp JrDB 23 Davontay Kwaaning nbsp SrDB 24 Darius Mosely JrSTAR 26 Cedric Doxy nbsp JrDB 27 Eaton Spencer nbsp SrDB 28 Jaylen Dunlap nbsp SoSTAR 29 Nelson Lugo nbsp JrDB 29 T J Moss nbsp FrDB 30 Julian Hylton nbsp FrDB 31 Cameron Watkins FrSTAR 32 Justice Williams FrLB 33 Tre Watson nbsp FrLB 34 Mike Svetina nbsp JrLB 35 Sean White nbsp JrLB 36 Austin Roberts nbsp FrDB 37 Dennis Thurow nbsp SoDB 38 Samuel Harlib nbsp SoLB 40 Jason Goldsmith nbsp FrLB 41 Jimmy Marchese FrDL 42 Joe Fotu SrLB 43 Mason Monheim SrLB 44 Julian Jones FrLEO 45 Henry McGrew nbsp FrDE 46 Ikjot Wahi FrLEO 47 Sean Adesanya SoLB 48 Jack Clark FrSTAR 49 Conner Schmidt nbsp SoLB 52 T J Neal nbsp JrDL 55 Jamal Milan FrDL 65 Ryan Walton nbsp SoDL 85 Brandon Roberts nbsp SoDL 90 Altan Aldemir FrLEO 91 Dawuane Smoot JrDL 93 Teko Powell nbsp JrDL 94 Tito Odenigbo nbsp FrDL 95 Max Loeb nbsp So Special teams Pos Name ClassK P 13 Ryan Frain JrK 17 Taylor Zalewski SrK 35 Jonathan Milazzo FrK P 38 David Reisner nbsp JrP 40 Ryan Tucker nbsp FrP 46 Luke Nelson JrK 48 Chase McLaughlin nbsp FrLS 54 Zach Hirth nbsp JrLS 56 Michael Martin nbsp Jr Head coachBill Cubit Head Coach and Offensive CoordinatorCoordinators assistant coachesTim Banks Co Defensive Coordinator and Secondary Mike Phair Co Defensive Coordinator and Defensive Line Mike Bellamy Wide Receivers Tom Brattan Offensive Line Ryan Cubit Quarterback and Recruiting Coordinator Alex Golesh Tight Ends and Special Teams Coordinator Nathan Scheelhaase Running Backs Al Seamonson Outside Linebackers Mike Ward Inside Linebackers Tyler Johns Graduate Assistant Reilly O Toole Graduate Assistant Kaeman Mitchell Graduate Assistant LeDominique Williams Graduate Assistant Scott Yelding Director of Player Personnel Tim Knox Director of Football Operations Patrick Embleton Director of Football Student Athlete Development Aaron Hillmann Head Football Strength amp Conditioning Coach Trent Chestnut Head Football Equipment Manager Alex Benizzi Director of Football VideoLegend C Team captain S Suspended I Ineligible nbsp Injured nbsp RedshirtRoster Last update December 1 2015References edit Ryan Shannon Cohen Jodi S August 28 2015 Illinois Fires Football Coach Tim Beckman over Mishandling of Injuries Chicago Tribune Retrieved August 30 2015 2015 Big Ten Football Schedule Announced Press release Illinois Athletics June 3 2013 Archived from the original on June 25 2013 Retrieved January 20 2015 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini Football Schedule FB Schedules Retrieved January 20 2015 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2015 Illinois Fighting Illini football team amp oldid 1176940149, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
