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Lovie Lee Smith is an American football coach. He has served as the head coach of the Chicago Bears, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Houston Texans of the National Football League (NFL), and as the head coach of the Illinois Fighting Illini. Smith has been to the Super Bowl twice, as the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams in 2001 and as head coach for the Bears in 2006.
Lovie Smith at the Chicago Bears 2007 training camp
Smith with the Chicago Bears in 2009
Smith at training camp, 2009
The Illinois Fighting Illini football program represents the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision level. The Fighting Illini are a founding member of the Big Ten Conference and compete in its West Division. Illinois claims five national championships and 15 Big Ten championships.
Coach Robert Zuppke in 1920
HB Red Grange "The Galloping Ghost" in 1923
Illinois students seated in a "Block I" during a 1970 game at Memorial Stadium