Jerry Kill
Kill at the 2013 Minnesota Spring Game
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Offensive coordinator |
| Team | Rutgers |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 24, 1961 Cheney, Kansas |
| Playing career | |
| 1979–1982 | Southwestern (KS) |
| Position(s) | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1985–1987 | Pittsburg State (DC) |
| 1988–1990 | Webb City (MO) HS |
| 1991–1993 | Pittsburg State (OC) |
| 1994–1998 | Saginaw Valley State |
| 1999–2000 | Emporia State |
| 2001–2007 | Southern Illinois |
| 2008–2010 | Northern Illinois |
| 2011–2015 | Minnesota |
| 2017–present | Rutgers (OC/QB) |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2016 | Kansas State (Assoc. AD) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 152–99 |
| Bowls | 0–5 |
| Tournaments | 4–5 (NCAA D-I-AA/FCS playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3 Gateway Football (2003–2005) 1 MAC West Division (2010) |
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| Awards | |
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Eddie Robinson Award (2004) Big Ten Coach of the Year (2014) Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2016) |
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Gerald R. "Jerry" Kill (born August 24, 1961) is a former American college football player and current Offensive coordinator for the Rutgers Scarlet Knights football team. He played college football at Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas from 1979 to 1982. Kill served as the head coach at Saginaw Valley State University, Emporia State University, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Northern Illinois University and the University of Minnesota. During the course of his career he was credited with bringing several programs to new heights, and these successes led to increasingly more prestigious coaching positions. Yet, despite his regular season success, when Kill was forced to retire for health reasons, he left the game without ever having won a single FBS bowl or post-season game.
Kill was born in Cheney, Kansas. He was raised in a "working class family" and became the first member of his family to graduate from college.
Kill landed his first head coaching job as the fourth football coach at Saginaw Valley State University in 1994, where he produced five consecutive winning seasons, including back-to-back 9–2 campaigns in 1997 and 1998. Kill compiled a 38–14 record in five years as head coach. His 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 (498.3) and scoring (42.5).
He is ranked third at Saginaw Valley State in total wins and second in winning percentage (as of the 2007 season).
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