Minnesota Head Football Coach Jerry Kill, who has dealt with severely epilepsy for a decade, resigned today, effective immediately. Jerry Kill attended practice yesterday after suffering two seizures and has had additional seizures during the past year.
“I don’t want to be a liability,” Kill said Wednesday. “I don’t want somebody to have to worry about if I’m going to drop on the field. I don’t want to coach from the press box. I want to coach the way I coached my whole life.”
“I don’t have any more energy. None. I’ve left it all here in the great state of Minnesota. And I have no regrets,” said Jerry Kill
Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys has been named interim head coach. Claeys, who has worked with Kill for 21 years, went 4-3 while serving as interim head coach in 2013.
"I have given every single ounce to the game, and the state of Minnesota, that I could." -Coach Kill
— Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) October 28, 2015
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