BREAKING NEWS: Jerry Kill retiring immediately due to health, Claeys interim HC

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per kfan....effective immediately
 


Wow. I'm in shock. God speed. Prayers for him and his family.
 

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Wow! This is shocking...I feel terrible for him, his family, the kids that look up to him. Prayers for all
 










Best wishes to coach Kill. I am sure he's doing the best for his long term health. Interestingly I've worked at all the institutions where he's received care recently - the UMMC, Mayo and in Grand Rapids (MI). He will likely be involved on some level, just not with the extreme hours and stress of head coaching.
 

My immediate thought is that Kill's cancer is back.
 



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Shocked and saddened to hear this. Get better, Coach Kill!
 


Unbelievable. I wrote when Teague resigned that the U should inscribe as its motto above their facilities: Gophers athletics: Forever one step forward and two steps back.

Just more of the same circle of hell as a fan. I do wish Jerry good health and long life and thank him for what he's done to move the football program forward.
 

Missing the presser yesterday for an appointment running long should've raised a red flag, but it didn't. This sucks. Really hope its nothing too serious.
 

Sad news. I hope coach gets well soon.


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Sucks on multiple levels

Wishing Kill the best with his recovery
 

Here is the official release from the U:

University of Minnesota head football coach Jerry Kill announced today that he is retiring from his position effective immediately due to medical concerns. Kill is stepping away from college football with a career record of 156-102 and a 29-29 mark at Minnesota.

Minnesota Interim Athletics Director Beth Goetz named Tracy Claeys Interim Head Coach this morning. Claeys, who has worked with Kill for 21 years, was previously Minnesota's Associate Head Coach and Defensive Coordinator.

Claeys served as Minnesota's Acting Head Coach for seven games during the 2013 season when Kill took time to focus on his health. Minnesota was 4-3 with Claeys was the Acting Head Coach and posted wins against Northwestern, Nebraska, Indiana and Penn State.

Kill was named Minnesota's head coach on Dec. 7, 2010, and took the Gophers to heights not seen in recent years. Last season, Kill led Minnesota to a January 1 bowl game for the first time since 1962 and coached the Gophers to wins against Michigan and Iowa, which had previously not happened in the same season since 1967. Under Kill's direction, Minnesota also erased a 14-point halftime deficit at Nebraska to beat the ranked Huskers on the road for the first time since 1960. Minnesota won eight games in both 2013 and 2014, which marked only the fifth time since 1906 that Minnesota won eight games in consecutive seasons.

In 2014, Kill was voted the Big Ten's Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year by the conference's coaches and the Dave McClain Coach of the Year by the media who cover the Big Ten. He also was named Region 3 Coach of the Year by the American Football Coaches Association for the second straight year. Kill, who was the only repeat winner among the five Football Bowl Subdivision coaches, was recognized by the AFCA for the fourth time, as he was also named a Regional Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004 while at Southern Illinois.

Last season, Kill coached the Big Ten tight end of the year in Maxx Williams and the Big Ten punter of the year in Peter Mortell and in total five Gophers were named All-Big Ten First Team, the most since 2004.

The NFL also took note of Kill's rebuilding of the Minnesota program, as six Gophers were selected in the last two NFL Drafts. In 2014, Ra'Shede Hageman was selected in the second round by the Atlanta Falcons and Brock Vereen was a fourth-round pick of the Chicago Bears. In 2015, Maxx Williams was taken in the second round by the Baltimore Ravens, while Damien Wilson (fourth round to the Dallas Cowboys), David Cobb (fifth round to the Tennessee Titans) and Cedric Thompson (fifth round to the Miami Dolphins) also heard their named called by NFL teams.

The four draft picks from 2015 are the most that Minnesota has had since it also had four players picked in 2006. The six combined picks from 2014 and 2015 were more than Minnesota had drafted from 2007-13 (Gophers had four players taken during this time).

Kill's rebuilding of the Minnesota program also took place in the classroom. The Gophers recorded a 994 Academic Progress Rate (APR) for the 2013-14 season as well as the 2012-13 and 2011-12 seasons. The 994 score is the highest single-season score that the Minnesota football team has ever recorded and the Gophers' multi-year rate of 975 is also a school record.

Kill By the Numbers:

.605 Winning percentage as a collegiate head coach

1 National Championship. Won as offensive coordinator at Pittsburg (Kan.) State University in 1991

1 Big Ten Coach of the Year (Hayes-Schembechler Coach of the Year and Dave McClain Coach of the Year) at Minnesota in 2014

2 Mid-American Conference Vern Smith Leadership Award (MVP) winners in three years at NIU

3 National Coach of the Year honors. 2007 Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year, 2004 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, 2014 Tom Lemming Coach of the Year

3 Bowl-eligible teams in three seasons at Northern Illinois University. 2008 Independence Bowl; 2009 International Bowl; 2010 Humanitarian Bowl

3 Bowl-eligible team in four seasons at Minnesota. 2012 Meineke Car Care Bowl; 2013 Texas Bowl; 2015 Buffalo Wild Wings Citrus Bowl

4 AFCA Regional Coach of the Year honors. 2003 and 2004 at Southern Illinois, 2013 and 2014 at Minnesota

5 NCAA Football Championship Subdivision Playoff appearances as head coach at Southern Illinois University

6 NFL Draft picks in his tenure at Minnesota

7 First-team All-Big Ten selections in his tenure at Minnesota

10 First-team All-MAC selections in his three-year tenure at Northern Illinois

15 Winning seasons (out of 21) as a collegiate head coach

156 Career victories

Go Gophers!!
 


Horrible news, but I as sit here one thing I am not is shocked. In the back of my mind you kind of knew this might happen someday. Whatever it is, I hope he pulls through and can remain tied to the University somehow.
 



Wow. Shocked. Heartbroken for coach, as it must be really bad to resign in the middle of a season. Also confused how this could happen so quickly.

Seems inappropriate to think football in a time like this, but I could not be more nervous about the future of the program. We finally get some stability and momentum with recruiting and facilities, then boom. No AD, no head coach.

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Fingers crossed that the health concerns are only due to the rigors of being the Head Coach and he's only retiring from coaching to become the new AD.....

Get well Coach!
 

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First thing that jumps into my mind is whose going going to stay committed as a recruit? This really sucks in every way, finally get a guy that somewhat of some big time recruits and boom he's gone!
 

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