Bret Bielema has added a veteran special teams presence to his Illini staff.
Chris Hurd has joined the staff in Champagne as a special teams analyst. He spent last season in the same capacity at Arkansas on Sam Pittman's staff.
Prior to joining the Razorbacks, Hurd spent the previous eight seasons as a special teams coordinator.
He spent a few seasons at with Tom Arth at both Akron (2019-21) and UT-Chattanooga (2017-18) and was at Florida Atlantic for a few seasons prior to that.
In addition to his special teams duties, Hurd worked with the running backs at Chattanoga and the tight ends at FAU.
He brings perspective from 19 seasons in college football with him as the latest member of Bielema's support staff.
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