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Former Illinois football head coach Mike White dies
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No. 23 Tennessee (8-4, 4-4 SEC) will play Illinois (8-4, 5-4 Big Ten) in the Liberty Mutual Music City Bowl on Dec. 30.
Kickoff between the Vols and Fighting Illini is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. EST at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee. ESPN will televise the contest.
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Former Illinois head coach Mike White died Sunday. He was 89.
White coach Illinois from 1980-87, guiding the Fighting Illini to a 1983 Big Ten championship. He began his coaching career at California, his alma mater, as a defensive line coach from 1958-63. White also served as offensive coordinator and offensive line coach at Stanford (1964-71) before returning to California as head coach (1972-77), guiding the Golden Bears to a 1975 Pac-8 championship.
Following his tenure as California's head coach, he was an offensive line coach with San Francisco in the NFL (1978-79).
At Illinois, White was named Big Ten Coach of the Year, Walter Camp Coach of the Year and Sporting News Coach of the Year in 1983.
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He returned to the NFL in 1990 and was the quarterbacks and offensive line coach for the Los Angeles Raiders , serving in the capacity until 1994. Upon the franchise's return to Oakland in 1994, he was named head coach. White was the Raiders' head coach from 1995-96. After his tenure with the Raiders, he was an offensive assistant for the Rams (1997-99) and was a Super Bowl champion during the 1999 season.
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