It’s not often you hear of teams adding to the coaching staff during September, but that’s exactly what happened on Monday when the Virginia Tech Hokies announced the hiring of Jerry Kill as a special assistant to head coach Justin Fuente.
A former head coach at Southern Illinois and Minnesota, Kill was forced to step away from coaching in 2015 while at Minnesota due to health problems. After he left the Golden Gophers, Kill returned to Southern Illinois where he was currently the school’s athletic director. Kill signed a two-year agreement with Virginia Tech for $175,000 per year.