Tim Beckman to return next season Patrick Singer December 2, 2013 - 10:45amJanuary 27, 2022 - 9:41pm It appears that we’ll be eating lasagna into the next Illinois Football season (per WCIA’s Matt Mettersten’s Twitter): I just finished an interview with #Illini AD Mike Thomas. He told me Tim Beckman will return as coach next season. — Matt Wettersten (@WCIA3Matt) December 2, 2013 h/t to Tom Pauly for the tweet.