"I know my coaching career is over, and I understand that, but I just can't sit around and look at a lake and roll my fingers," Kill said Tuesday during a conference call.
Kill retired midseason last year to manage seizures related to epilepsy when doctors told him it was in his best interest to stop coaching after 32 years. He has been living with his wife, Rebecca, at their lake home in southern Illinois.
A Kansas native, Kill will be paid $150,000 to work in a supportive role to longtime football coach Bill Snyder, in his second stint with the Wildcats after rebuilding the program in the 1990s.