Brad Underwood coaching timeline: How many teams has Illinois HC coached and career record

Brad Underwood coaching timeline: How many teams has Illinois HC coached and career record originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . Under Brad Underwood, the Illinois Fighting Illini have become an annual contender in the Big Ten.

Six times, he's led the squad to the NCAA Tournament, and in five of those appearances, the Illini have won at least one game. As one of the most experienced coaches in the country, Underwood has built a successful program in Champaign that's produced a growing list of All-Americans. Here's a look at Underwood's full coaching history, record and more.

MARCH MADNESS HQ: Live NCAA bracket | TV schedule | Latest news and more Brad Underwood teams coached In total, the 62-year-old Underwood has spent time as a coach at nine different schools. Of those nine, six of them were NCAA schools; he also had stints at private universities and community colleges. Underwood has held five different head coaching roles.

He's been an NCAA head coach in every season since 2013, when he first joined Stephen F. Austin. He began as a graduate assistant at Hardin-Simmons, a private university, in 1986, and Underwood gradually progressed through the coaching ranks to be the head coach at a community college, an NCAA assistant, then an NCAA head coach.