A great kid that just didn’t work out on the Banks is getting on the ramp to the college coaching highway:
Art Sitkowski is now a grad assistant for Illinois
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Interesting that Illinois and Rutgers both finished 3-6 in the Big Ten last year. Will be interesting how patient Illinois Athletics is with Illinois-native Bielema.
I think they will be very patient and give him a long leash. Similar to Greg's situation.
1. in 2022, he had Illinois at 8-5/5-4, tied for second in the West.
2. Lovie Smith represented their Chris Ash/Kyle Flood lost years. Lovie was 17-19 overall after 5 seasons. His penultimate year, 2019, he went 6-6 (lost in a bowl) and 4-5 in conference. But he never mustered up more than 2 wins in conference in his other 4 years.
3. Prior to Lovie's tenure than had David Beckman, who was fired 1 week before the 2015 season. Beckman did not produce a winning record in 3 years.
4. Prior to Beckman Ron Zook was the HC from 2005-2011. He had a signature season in 2007 (9-4/6-2), but most of his seasons were losing seasons. However, in his last two seasons, in 2010, Zooke was 7-6/4-4. In his final season, Zook started off 6-0, and proceeded to lose 6 games in row and was fired.
I think they will be quite patient.
Maybe Schiano should hire Sitkowski. He has the personality and enthusiasm to be a good recruiter and getting new players comfortable in the new environment.
I think Art will find his way back here as a coach soon enough.Maybe Schiano should hire Sitkowski. He has the personality and enthusiasm to be a good recruiter and getting new players comfortable in the new environment.
Best of luck to him. Unfortunately he got thrown to the wolves during the Ash Error.
If there was a QB that needed a redshirt year , it was Artur.
Interestingly, Shimko moved from OC at BC to Offensive Assistant in the NFL at Dallas.
Shimko on Dallas Cowboys as Offensive Assistant
