Former Wisconsin Badger head coach Bret Bielema is working to fill his new coaching staff at Illinois after taking their head coaching job on December 19.
One of his first moves was making former Badger Terrance Jamison his new defensive line coach. Today he continued the trend of hiring his former players onto his staff, naming Aaron Henry the school’s new defensive backs coach.
Welcome to the #Illini, defensive backs coach @AaronHenry7!
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— Illinois Football (@IlliniFootball) January 13, 2021
Henry played for the Badgers from 2007-2011, starting 27 combined games in 2010 and 2011 during which he recorded 6 interceptions, 17 passes defended, 1 forced fumble, 3 fumble recoveries, 125 total tackles and 3.5 tackles-for-loss.
The former Badger will now reunite with his former coach at Illinois as Bielema and his staff work to get the Illini football program headed in the right direction.