Claim: 2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team, which represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season, saw the firing of head coach Ron Zook in which he was replaced by Vic Koenning as the interim head coach and finally by Tim Beckman as their new permanent head coach.
Evidence: The 2011 Illinois Fighting Illini football team represented the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. 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.