Brad Underwood to receive another contract extension

Brad Underwood will receive another contract extension later this spring.

According to the athletic department, a new six-year contact will keep Underwood in Champaign through the 2027-28 season. It will need to be approved at the Board of Trustees’ meeting on May 19.

Underwood last agreed to a contract extension just six months ago.

“Brad Underwood has led a remarkable resurgence of our men’s basketball program,” said AD Josh Whitman in a statement. “Under his strong leadership, we have won Big Ten championships, posted one of the best three-year runs in the history of Fighting Illini men’s basketball and the Big Ten Conference, and reestablished ourselves on the national stage. Our work is…