RON ZOOK RUMORS & GOSSIP
Source: Next Illinois Basketball Coach Will Be African-American
A source with knowledge of the inner-workings of the University of Illinois athletic department has indicated that the school has mandated the hiring of an African American coach to replace the recently fired Bruce Weber. This comes on the heels of the firing of football coach Ron Zook and internal backlash over the lack of consideration for an African-American coach.
This makes...
Via Rant Sports
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March 10, 2012
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March 10, 2012
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Pressure builds on Illini coach Weber
Mike Thomas has been athletic director at Illinois for five very busy months.
He fired football coach Ron Zook three months after being hired and then hired Zook's replacement, Tim Beckman, over the protests of two university trustees who complained that the new coach wasn't black.
Thomas is now about to launch a campaign to raise more than $100 million to redo Assembly...
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February 14, 2012
ASU hires New Mexico D-coordinator West
Arizona State football coach Todd Graham named Ron West to his coaching staff Wednesday, confirming reports that the veteran assistant would leave New Mexico for a job in Tempe.
West spent the past two seasons coaching linebackers under Ron Zook at Illinois. Zook was fired after last season, and West took the defensive coordinator position at New Mexico in January; he's leaving...
Via Fox Sports Arizona
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February 09, 2012
Illinois hires Beckman to replace Zook
Tim Beckman of Toledo is the new football coach at Illinois.
The school announced the hiring Friday and Beckman said he plans to build a program that can win championships.
''We will work tirelessly in building the football program to compete for Big Ten and national championships, and be a source of pride for Fighting Illini fans across the nation,'' he said in...
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December 09, 2011
So Where Does Ron Zook, a True Nice Guy, Go From Here?
A funny thing happened on the way to Illinois cleansing and ridding itself of the Ron Zook era.
Honestly, as someone who has written numerous pieces for The Sports Bank about how much Zook needed to be fired over the years, I just didn’t see it coming.
I felt bad.
I really did.
(guest post from Paul Schmidt)
There’s a fundamental problem with dancing on the grave of any...
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November 30, 2011
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November 30, 2011
Sources: Illinois Fires Ron Zook on Sunday
After watching his Illinois Fighting Illini collapse after an inspiring 6-0 start, it appears that head coach Ron Zook is on the way out.
According to sources, both Bob Asmussen of the Champaign News-Gazette and John Surpinie of GateHouse News Service are reporting via twitter that Illinois has fired Zook on Sunday morning.
The firing comes less than 24 hours after Zook's...
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November 27, 2011
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November 27, 2011
Zook walks out of press conference
Illinois coach Ron Zook isn't interested in talking about job security.
Zook told reporters Tuesday he would end his weekly news conference if anyone asked about his job following four straight losses and a weekend of off-field trouble for his players. He kept his promise, walking out after he was asked if had talked to his players about handling questions about his future....
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November 15, 2011
Zooker bails on his own presser
Ron Zook((ht: eye-on-collegefooball))It appears Ron Zook, the head coach at the University of Illinois didn't want to talk about the future of Ron Zook today at his weekly press conference.Rumors are again swirling around Zook who after winning his first 6 games this season, has seen the Illini crash with 4 straight losses.Zook, who is 34-49 in his 7-plus seasons in Champaign...
Via Online Sports Guys
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November 15, 2011
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November 15, 2011
Zook ends press conference over job question
Illinois coach Ron Zook isn't interested in talking about job security.
Zook told reporters Tuesday that he would end his weekly news conference if anyone asked about his job following four straight losses and a weekend of off-field trouble for his players. He kept his promise, walking out after he was asked if had talked to his players about handling questions about his future...
Via AP on Fox
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November 15, 2011
FIGHTING ILLINI
Ron Zook walks out of media session
After threatening to do so if someone asked, the Illinois football coach kept his word and stormed out of a press conference after he was questioned about his job security.
Via The Sports Bank
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November 15, 2011
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November 15, 2011
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