The Champaign Room · Dec 18, 2015
Tim Banks Out As Defensive Coordinator
The much maligned DC will be working elsewhere next season.Just in case you thought the Illinois Fighting Illini Football program had gone too long without shedding another position coach or coordinator, you can now rest at ease.
#illini coach Bill Cubit confirmed to me that Tim Banks is out as defensive coordinator. Cubit said Banks "will pursue other opportunities."
— Jeremy Werner (@JWernerScout) December 18, 2015 Mike Phair will take over as #illini defensive coordinator. Illinois will hire two more assistant coaches.
— Jeremy Werner (@JWernerScout) December 18, 2015 8 AM on a the last Friday morning of the semester seems like a perfectly reasonable time to drop this little news dump.