- Lloyd Carr
Lloyd H. Carr (born July 30, 1945) has served as head coach of the University of Michigan football team since 1995. Through the end of the 2006 season, Carr has a record of 113-36. Under Carr, the Wolverines have won or shared five Big Ten titles (in 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003, and 2004), and his 1997 squad was declared the Associated Press national champion.
- Bruce Weber
Bruce Weber (born October 19, 1956 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is the head coach of the University of Illinois men's basketball team. Through his first four seasons at Illinois, Weber has led the program to an 112-28 win-loss record, two outright Big Ten Conference championships, and four trips to the NCAA Tournament, including an appearance in the championship game of the 2005 NCAA Tournament. Weber's teams are known for motion offense and quick ball movement.
- Pat Fitzgerald
Pat Fitzgerald is the current head coach of the Northwestern University Wildcats football team. He was selected after the unexpected death of Randy Walker and announced at a press conference on July 7, 2006. He was 31 at the time of his appointment, making him the youngest coach in the Big Ten Conference and in NCAA Division I-A football by five years. Fitzgerald starred at Linebacker for the Wildcats in the mid-1990's, helping to lead the team to the 1996 Rose Bowl, …
- John Stocco
John Stocco (born June 14, 1983 in Richfield, Minnesota) is an American football quarterback. Stocco played football for the University of Wisconsin, starting at quarterback for the Badgers during his sophomore, junior, and senior seasons. He was not drafted in the 2007 NFL Draft. In high school, Stocco teamed with current NFL wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald at the Academy of Holy Angels in Minnesota.
- Gabe Watson
Gabriel Watson (born September 24, 1983) is an American football defensive tackle who currently plays for the National Football League's Arizona Cardinals. He was drafted in the fourth round, pick 107 of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football for the University of Michigan, where he earned All-Big Ten Conference first team honors in his final two seasons. He is expected to serve as the backup nose tackle to the newly acquired Kendrick Clancy in his rookie season.
- Derrick Williams
Derrick Williams (b. July 6, 1986) is an American football player at Pennsylvania State University. Williams was widely regarded as one of the top high school football prospects of 2005, coming out of Eleanor Roosevelt High School in Greenbelt, Maryland. As a freshman, Williams was spectacular at both running back and wideout.
- Adam Haluska
Adam Haluska (born November 16, 1983 in Carroll, Iowa) is an American basketball player, formerly a shooting guard for the Iowa Hawkeyes. He has scored 1,847 career points. He was named to the first 2007 All-Big Ten Conference Team just weeks after being named the 2007 Academic All-American of the Year. Adam started his career at Iowa State University, but then transferred to the University of Iowa after his freshman year.
- Bob Knight
Robert Montgomery (Bob or Bobby) Knight (born October 25, 1940, in Massillon, Ohio, USA), also known as The General, is the head men's basketball coach at Texas Tech. He was previously head coach at Indiana and at Army. Knight has won more NCAA Division I men's basketball games than any other head coach. As of the 2007 NCAA tournament (3/27/07), that number stood at 890. Knight has won three NCAA championships (1976, 1981, 1987), …
- Randy Walker
Randy J. Walker was the head football coach of the Northwestern University Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference. His overall record as a collegiate head coach was 96-81-5. He also won more games than any head coach at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, ahead of legendary coaches such as Sid Gillman, Woody Hayes, Bo Schembechler, Bill Mallory and Ara Parseghian.
- Paul Posluszny
Paul Michael Posluszny (born October 10, 1984 in Butler, Pennsylvania), commonly known as "Poz", is a linebacker for the Buffalo Bills.
- Archie Griffin
Archie Mason Griffin (born August 21, 1954) is a former American football running back and college football's only two-time Heisman trophy winner. Griffin won four Big Ten Conference titles with the Ohio State Buckeyes and is the only player ever to start in four Rose Bowls.
- John Cooper
John Cooper (born July 2, 1937 in Knoxville, Tennessee) was the head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes college football team from 1988 to 2000. Cooper grew up in the Knoxville suburb of Powell, Tennessee and joined the United States Army after high school. After serving for two years, he enrolled at Iowa State University where he played football for four years eventually becoming team captain and MVP. Cooper spent time as an assistant coach at Iowa State, Oregon State, UCLA, …
- Michael Robinson
B. Michael Robinson (born February 6, 1983 in Richmond, Virginia) is an NFL running back for the San Francisco 49ers. He was drafted in the 4th round (100th overall) by the 49ers in the 2006 NFL Draft. He went to Penn State University. He played quarterback and wide receiver in college at Penn State, leading the team to a Big Ten Conference title in 2005 and winning the Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year in 2005.
- Anthony Scirrotto
Anthony Scirrotto is a college football player for Penn State under Joe Paterno, and a 2006 First Team All-Big Ten Conference selection.
- Rene Portland
Maureen "Rene" Muth Portland is a former head women's basketball coach best known for her 27-year tenure with the Penn State Lady Lions basketball team. Her career resume includes 21 NCAA tournament appearances including a Final Four appearance in 2000, five Big Ten Conference championships and two conference tournament titles. Portland is one of nine women's basketball coaches to have won 600 or more games at a single school, with a career record of 606-236 at Penn State.
- Brian Calhoun
Brian Calhoun is an American football running back for the Detroit Lions. After achieving numerous honors in [[High School], Oak Creek High School in Southeastern Wisconsin, including being named All-America, first-team all-state, and being ranked the nation’s 12th best RB by Rivals.com, Brian attended the University of Colorado. After playing there for his freshman (in 2002), and sophomore (2003) years, …
- John Navarre
John Robert Navarre (born September 9, 1980) is an American football quarterback who plays for the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. He was drafted in the seventh round of the 2004 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals and served as their third-string quarterback for the 2004-2006 seasons. Navarre played college football at the University of Michigan where he led the Wolverines to the 2003 Big Ten championship. Previously, he attended Cudahy High School in Wisconsin, …
- Chris Smith
Chris Smith (born April 15 1969) is an American professional golfer. Smith was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He has won one tournament on the PGA Tour. In 1997, Smith became the first-ever golfer on the Nike Tour (now known as the Nationwide Tour) to immediately move up to the PGA Tour by way of the "battlefield promotion", which is awarded to a player who wins three tournaments in one Nationwide Tour season.
- Frank Williams
Frank Lowell Williams (born February 25 1980, in Peoria, Illinois) is an American professional basketball player. As a point guard, Williams starred at both the high school and collegiate levels, but he has struggled to find a place in the NBA. Williams attended Manual High School in Peoria, Illinois. He helped his team win two IHSA class AA boys state basketball tournaments, in 1996 as a sophomore and again in 1997 as a junior.
- Zack Mills
Zachary Eric Mills (born May 1, 1982) is a former American football quarterback. He was an All-Big Ten selection and three-year starter at Penn State University.
- Mike White
Mike White is an American football coach. He has 16 years experience as a head coach, including stints at the University of California (1972-1977), the University of Illinois (1980-1987) and the Oakland Raiders (1995-1996). During his successful college coaching career, White was twice named National Coach of the Year, first in 1975 where he coached a team led by Joe Roth, Chuck Muncie and Wesley Walker to the Pac-8 co-championship.
- Clark Kellogg
Clark Clifton Kellogg Jr. (born July 2 1961), known as Clark Kellogg, is a college basketball analyst and former player in the National Basketball Association.
- Tom Brands
Tom Brands (born April 9, 1968) is the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. He won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. An intense competitor, Brands' wrestling career with the University of Iowa included a record of 158-7-2 and an undefeated season in 1991 where he was 45-0. He was a four-time All-American, three-time NCAA Champion, three-time Big Ten Conference Champion, and Outstanding Wrestler at the 1992 NCAA Tournament.
- Kurt Kittner
Kurt Kittner (born January 23, 1980 in Schaumburg, Illinois) is an American football player who most recently played quarterback for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. Prior to playing professional football, he was a record-setting quarterback for the University of Illinois, leading them to the 2001 Big Ten Championship.
- Morris Peterson
Morris Peterson (born August 26 1977 in Flint, Michigan) is an American professional basketball player who currently plays for the New Orleans Hornets of the NBA.
- Joanne P. McCallie
Joanne P. McCallie (born in Monterey, California in 1966) is the head coach of the Duke University women's basketball team. McCallie is known as "Coach P" because of her maiden name, Palombo.
- Brad Banks
Brad Banks (b. April 22, 1980 in Belle Glade, Florida) is an American gridiron football player, currently playing for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Banks was the quarterback for the Iowa Hawkeyes football team in 2002. That season, he completed 170 of 294 passes (57.8%) for 2573 yards with 26 touchdowns and 5 interceptions, finishing first in quarterback rating in Division I-A; he ran 82 times for 435 yards and 5 touchdowns.
- Pat Richter
Hugh Vernon Richter (born September 9, 1941 in Madison, Wisconsin) is the former University of Wisconsin-Madison athletic director and American football player. He was responsible for hiring Barry Alvarez from Notre Dame in 1990 as head football coach, restoring the Badgers football program to national prominence. Richter was one of Wisconsin's most-storied student-athletes. He was a nine-time letterwinner (the last person to earn such a distinction in school history), …
- A. J. Guyton
Arthur James (A.J.) Guyton (born February 13, 1978 in Peoria, Illinois) is a professional basketball player who currently plays in Croatia. Was selected by the Chicago Bulls in the 2nd round (32nd overall pick) in the 2000 NBA Draft. He played collegiately at Indiana University and was named Big Ten Co-MVP and first team all-american during his senior year, averaging 19.7 ppg.
- Dave McClain
Dave McClain (died April 28, 1986) was an American football coach. He was head coach at Ball State University from 1971 to 1977. During his seven seasons there, he compiled a 46-25-3 (.642) record. During his tenure, Ball State joined Division I and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). He was the MAC Coach of the Year in 1975. The 1976 team captured the school's first MAC title in only its second year in the conference.
- Gary Moeller
Gary O. Moeller (born January 26, 1941 in Lima, Ohio) is an American football coach best known for being head coach at the University of Michigan from 1990 to 1994. During his five seasons at Michigan, he won 44 games, lost 13 and tied 3 for a winning percentage of .758. In Big Ten Conference play, his teams won 30 games, lost 8 and tied 2 for a winning percentage of .775, and won or shared conference titles in 1990, 1991 and 1992.
- Drew Henson
Drew Daniel Henson (born February 13, 1980 in San Diego, California) is a former baseball player and active American football quarterback who currently plays for the Minnesota Vikings. From 1998 to 2000, Henson played college football at the University of Michigan.
- Reggie Evans
Reginald (Reggie) Jamaal Evans (born May 18 1980, in Pensacola, Florida) is an American professional basketball player currently with the NBA's Denver Nuggets. He was undrafted despite an impressive career at the University of Iowa. In 2001, Evans led the nation in free throws attempted, free throws made, and double-doubles. He led the Big Ten Conference in rebounding in 2001 and 2002, and was named Big Ten Tournament MVP in 2001 and Second Team All-Big Ten in 2002.
- Greg Eslinger
Greg Eslinger (born April 23, 1983) is a center for the Denver Broncos. He played college football for the Minnesota Golden Gophers and was a four-year starter. As a senior, he was awarded the Outland Trophy, which is given to college football's best interior lineman, as well as the Dave Rimington Trophy, awarded to college football's top center. A Bismarck, North Dakota native, Eslinger was also two-time Associated Press All-American (2003, …
- Alan Zemaitis
Alan Zemaitis is a professional American football cornerback. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the 4th round (#122 overall) of the 2006 NFL Draft. At Penn State University, Zemaitis, a tri-captain, was a three-time All-Big Ten cornerback and was second team All-America in 2005. He was a semifinalist for the 2005 Jim Thorpe Award, given to the nation’s top defensive back.
- Lou Henson
Lou Henson (born January 10, 1932 in Okay, Oklahoma, USA) is a former collegiate basketball coach. Henson began his coaching career at Las Cruces High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Henson was head coach of the varsity for four seasons, and won state championships in 1959, 1960, and 1961. He started coaching at the college ranks in 1962 at Hardin-Simmons University. In 1966, he took over at his alma mater, New Mexico State University.
- Tim Shaw
Timothy Bruce Shaw (b. March 27 1984, in Exeter, England) American football player on the Carolina Panthers. A 2006 Academic All-American and standout linebacker at Penn State University, he has won the team's Frank Patrick and Jim O'Hora awards for his efforts on the football field. He earned his Bachelor's degree in management from Penn State University in May 2006. He was twice named Academic All-Big Ten Conference.
- Bob Todd
Bob Todd is the head coach of the Ohio State University baseball program. In his 19 seasons as the head coach of the Buckeyes, his teams have compiled a 726-363-2 record. He previously coached Kent State to a 124-82 record. He also has a career 335-175 Big Ten Conference record. He has guided Ohio State to two 50 win seasons, in 1991, and 1999. From 1991-1995, his teams have won the Big Ten championship for five consecutive years.
- James Delany
James E. Delany (b. 1948) is the current commissioner of the of the Big Ten Conference, a role in which he has served since 1989. He is regarded among college athletics as being influential in the creation of the Bowl Championship Series and its maintenance.
- Eric Steinbach
Eric Steinbach (born April 4, 1980 in New Lenox, Illinois) is an American football player who currently plays for the Cleveland Browns. Steinbach was widely rated as the top guard available in the 2003 NFL Draft after a University of Iowa career culminated by All-America honors from Pro Football Weekly and the Walter Camp Foundation. His senior season also included Big Ten Conference Offensive Lineman of the Year honors from league coaches.