Sad for Coach Kill and the Minnesota program. He seemed liked a great coach and an even better person who had seemed to have the health issues under control. Hopefully he can overcome whatever he is dealing with and be able to spend some quality time with his family.

Ugh!!

Jerry Kill coached here at Saginaw Valley State University. He was highly successful taking teams deep into the playoffs.

Last year when Kill beat Michigan at Michigan Stadium, I went into the visitor's post game presser. I identified myself to him as being from Saginaw and proceeded to ask him what it was like to win back the Little Brown Jug, and to do so in this place. Among it being one of his proudest moments of his career, he specifically acknowledged SVSU, that it was his first head coaching job and that Saginaw was a special place for his family.

I've always wondered if this day would come, given his past issues.  Sad to see that it has; college football has lost one of the good guys.

it sounds like he made a wise decision.  I would think his health is more important than coaching football.  He always seemed to show good character - something that seems to be getting more scarce in a profession where the pressure to win tends to bring out otherwise.

Sad to hear this. In the article someone posted on the board, it mentioned that his contract is set up so that it automatically terminates in this situation. But it also has a clause that says that Kill will get set up at a different position at the university with a salary of 200k per year.

So although he can no longer coach, I hope that he is and remains healthy enough that he can still work at the university that he obviously cares for.

My understanding is that his epilepsy came about as a result of the medication he was taking for cancer. Really sucks. Fuck cancer.

Probably the right decision healthwise, but he deserved better. Take it easy Coach, feel better. 

Sorry to hear this news. Coach Kill was always a class act towards all members of the B1G. Here's hoping he gets healthy soon!

he can get another job in a related area.  Perhaps helping with recruiting (he's be a great rerpresentative for the University) or consulting, film study or something like that.  Or perhaps he could be a media guy.  If Brady Hoke can do it Jerry Kill can.  Apparently he could do it from his home.  If Brady geta a coaching job next year Sirius could go to Jerry.

I'd always perceived him as being one of those who did things the right way, and who always got as much as he could out of his teams in terms of realizing or even exceeding what was thought to be the limits of their potential on the field. To that extent I was quite envious of Minny over the past 4or 5 years because in those terms M seemed to pale in comparison.

His health situation was always in the back of my mind ever since the first time he missed a game due to a seizure and his condition was made public.  It seemed he was living and operating at the limits of what is manageable, which is certainly a risky proposition given the stress-inducing environment that coaching is. It's terribly unfortunate for him and the players and UMN, but certainly better than some more catastrophic alternative.

Seems like class individual and inspiring coach.  

This is a loss for Minnesota, and for the Big Ten, where two of the higher-profile coaches, Meyer and Dantonio, are great competitors but douchebags as people.

All in all, we are still kicking Minnesota's ass because (1) Harbaugh train is always moving forward (2) last year Minnesota, players don't forget that easy  (3) the need to work out frustrations of last game.

Book it.

Likely a good guy (never met him) but I do know as a football coach he taught his players to be as cheap as possible on the field. 

I hope Kill's health issues go away or at least don't get any worse, and that he can find something fulfilling to do.

Solid coach and man

Coach Kill recruited my brother. I didn't get the chance to meet him, but my family thought the world of him. Me and two of my brothers were recruited to play football, and at all levels, from Power 5 to D-III. We've heard a number of recruiting pitches, and all agreed that Kill was as genuine as they come. Brother ended up not playing for him, but my family has always thought very highly of Coach Kill. We wish him the best. My God, that presser was heartbreaking. He is a real football lifer, and one of the good ones.

Just sad. He seems like a good guy who did a great job at fixing Minny. I feel bad for him, his family, the players, and the university.

well wishes for him and his family. 

I suspect his retirement is for something far worse than seizures.

Godspeed, Jerry Kill!

He is the anti-urban no doubt

It has taken way too many people I knew and loved.  Hope he beats it again if this is what caused it.  Get well soon Jerry.  

Coach Kill retired today.  He had two seizures yesterday, Tuesday, and despite that still went to coach practice, but he said he did not have any energy and did not feel like himself.  He admits he had other seizures recently as well.  The last time he had seizures in 2013 just before the game with Michigan, he took a leave of absence for 7 games and worked with a neurologist from Grand Rapids, Michigan to optimize his anticonvulant medications before returning to coach on the field.  Tracy Claeys, the defensive coordinator, has been named interim head coach.  The university is 100% behind Jerry Kill and making sure he is getting medical attention and support for his family.

    What will happan next is a little unknown, because the University of Minnnesota fired their Athletic Director, Norwood Teague, earlier this year, and Beth Goetz is the interim Athletic Director.  She had just extended Jerry Kill's contract as a sign of confidence.  

Along with getting ready to face Michigan for the Little Brown Jug game this weekend, Coach Kill has had to deal with player issues regarding sexual harassment/misconduct and trying to organize the offense as well as the rest of the team.  

Coach Kill had his first seizure in 2005, while coaching at Southern Illinois, and was diagnosed afterwards with Stage IV Kidney cancer.  He underwent treatment and has been considered disease free, and remains so, to the best of my knowledge.  He has beaten the odds in surviviing the cancer.  Dealing with seizures has been a tough road, but perhaps a rest will help him get seizure free again, and then he can think about what his next step should be.

He was coaching football when I was running track and working for the sports information department when I was in college. Always respected and liked the guy. He was always a class act. I wish the best for Coach Kill and his family.