2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, which represented the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, performed changes in their coaching staff.
The 2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Fighting Illini, who were led during the regular season by seventh-year head coach Ron Zook, are members of the Big Ten Conference in the Legends Division and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. Zook was fired after the team lost the final six games of its regular season. Defensive coordinator Vic Koenning was appointed as interim head coach led the team in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl. On December 9, Illinois hired Tim Beckman as their new permanent head coach. Before the team's appearance in the Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl, nearly all of their assistant coaches were fired, as well as head coach Ron Zook. 
