Illinois coach Bill Cubit keeps a book of educational and inspirational tidbits to help him through any situation. But nothing could have prepared him for the last month.

Cubit an open book at Illinois after life-changing month Despite everything that has happened around him, Illinois coach Bill Cubit gets "a smile on my face all the time.

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bill Cubit keeps a thick binder with the heading "Leadership and Book Notes" behind his desk at Illinois. It's a coaching scrapbook spanning the past two decades of his career. Bear ...

College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bill Cubit keeps a thick binder with the heading "Leadership and Book Notes" behind his desk at ...

College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Bill Cubit keeps a thick binder with the heading "Leadership and Book Notes" behind his desk at ...