Minnesota Golden Gophers head football coach Jerry Kill is retiring immediately due to medical concerns.
Kill has dealt with the effects of epilepsy since 2005 and attended practice on Tuesday after suffering two seizures. He has had several additional seizures in the past year, and said it was just too much for him to continue coaching..
"I don't want to be a liability," Kill said. "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.
"This is not the way I wanted to go out, but you all know about the struggles. And I did my best to change. But some of those struggles have returned. And I don't want to cheat the game. And I ain't going to change. I know somebody will ask, 'Coach, what are you going to do?' I don't know. I ain't done anything else. That's the scary part."
Kill hasn't missed any time on the sidelines due to seizures since 2013. He led Minnesota to a 29-29 record in his five seasons at the helm, including back-to-back eight-win seasons in 2013 and 2014.
Defensive coordinator Tracy Claeys has been named interim head coach.
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