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Former Illini coaches Weber, Turner invest in Champaign custard shop

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Four years after he was fired by the University of Illinois, basketball coach Bruce Weber is making a comeback in Champaign. He's bringing former Illini football coach Ron Turner with him, too.

According to The News-Gazette in Champaign (http://bit.ly/1rdNONL ), Weber and Turner are part of a group that has bought local landmark Jarling's Custard Cup. Weber now coaches Kansas State and Turner is football coach at Florida International.

The Jarling family had said last summer it was looking for a buyer for the seasonal dessert shop.

Tom Siegel was a 1980s Illini basketball and baseball player. He is part of the new buyers' group and said the menu will essentially stay the same.

After he was fired in 2012, Weber and his family made a last stop at Custard Cup.

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