34 Facts About Jerry Kill

Jerry R Kill was born on August 24,1961 and is an American college football coach who currently serves as a consultant at Vanderbilt.

Jerry Kill was the head coach at New Mexico State University from 2022 to 2023.

Jerry Kill played college football at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas, from 1979 to 1982.

Jerry Kill has served as an athletic department administrator, most recently at Southern Illinois University as an assistant to the Chancellor and athletic director.

Jerry Kill was briefly at Kansas State as associate athletic director.

Jerry Kill was raised in a working-class family and became the first member of his family to graduate from college.

Jerry Kill's teams led the NCAA's Division II in rushing each of his last two years and his last season was second in the nation in total offense and scoring.

Jerry Kill is ranked third at Saginaw Valley State in total wins and second in winning percentage.

Jerry Kill was the 20th head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas, and held that position for two seasons, from 1999 until 2000.

Jerry Kill was named to the head coaching post at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2001.

At Southern Illinois, Jerry Kill was the first coach to produce four consecutive winning seasons and is credited with turning the football team around to a winning program.

In December 2007, Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, announced that Jerry Kill had been hired as its new head coach.

Jerry Kill replaced Joe Novak, who retired after developing the Huskies into a successful program over 12 seasons, though just one bowl win.

Jerry Kill's announcement came less than two weeks before the Huskies were scheduled to play in the Humanitarian Bowl.

Furthermore, the fact that Jerry Kill left NIU before the team's bowl game added fuel to the debate about whether or not the NCAA should prohibit coaches from abandoning their teams before their final bowl game.

Jerry Kill took over for Tim Brewster who was fired during the middle of the season.

Jerry Kill brought much of his NIU staff with him to Minnesota, including offensive coordinator Matt Limegrover, defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys, and special teams coordinator Jay Sawvel.

Jerry Kill announced on October 10,2013 that he would take a leave of absence to focus on epilepsy treatment.

Jerry Kill returned to the field for the 2014 football season.

Surprisingly, Jerry Kill was awarded the Big Ten Coach of the Year award for the 2014 season.

Jerry Kill returned to Southern Illinois in 2018 as a special assistant to the chancellor, later becoming athletic director.

Jerry Kill remained in that role through September 2019, when he returned to the coaching ranks at Virginia Tech.

Jerry Kill was contacted by Virginia Tech head football coach Justin Fuente to be his special assistant after three games of the 2019 football season.

Jerry Kill took over as interim head coach midway through the 2021 season after TCU and Patterson parted ways.

On November 24,2021, it was reported that Jerry Kill would be the next head coach at New Mexico State University following the 2021 season.

Jerry Kill joined the staff at Vanderbilt for the 2024 season, as chief consultant to the head coach and senior offensive advisor.

Jerry Kill is divorced from Rebecca Kill, and they have two daughters, Krystal and Tasha.

Jerry Kill is a close friend of Gary Patterson, former head football coach at Texas Christian University.

Jerry Kill suffered a seizure toward the end of a game in October 2005.

Subsequently, Jerry Kill was diagnosed with kidney cancer, which is in remission.

Jerry Kill has since started the Coach Jerry Kill Fund to assist low-income southern Illinois residents with treatment.

Jerry Kill then suffered two gameday seizures during the 2011 season, followed by one each in 2012 and 2013.

Jerry Kill cited health reasons, including at least two additional seizures, as the cause for his decision.

Jerry Kill was a nominee for the 2011 Uplifting Athletes Rare Disease Champion Award, presented by Uplifting Athletes, but lost to Princeton running back Jordan Culbreath.