Episode 54 - Tom Michael

Light The I · Jul 9, 2026 · 1h 8m

After 12 years as the athletic director at Eastern Illinois University, Tom Michael is back in Champaign as Illinois' new Deputy Director of Athletics. He was EIU's AD when EIU beat Illinois in exhibition basketball in 2017, Brad Underwood's first game as head coach. But before that, Michael was an administrator for Illinois after his standout playing days as a captain for Lou Henson and Illinois basketball, when he set program records that still stand today for career 3-point field goal percentage (.449) and single-season 3-point percentage (.493). And of course, he was a star high school…