Defensive coaching staff shake-up at Illinois sees longtime Lovie Smith assistant Gill Byrd leave the program and 2 new hires for the line
(Chicago Tribune Religion News)

The turnover of Illinois´ defensive coaching staff continued Friday as coach Lovie Smith announced the departure of safeties coach Gill Byrd and the hiring of defensive tackles coach Alfred Davis and defensive ends coach Jimmy Lindsey. Byrd, a longtime assistant to Smith in the NFL and at Illinois...