I was blessed to have Coach Kill as my Head Coach from 2008-2010 at NIU. He changed my life. He demanded everything you had, plus some. Even just being the Long Snapper for the Huskies, it was demanded to have this level of professionalism and reliability both on and off the field. He was so passionate about his team and in particular special teams, that our specialist meetings would be directly with Coach Kill every day. Remind you, he was the Head Coach, that’s unheard of. He helped me develop as a football player to receive votes for the East West shrine bowl, to improving my grades, improving my mindset, and most importantly how to grow up and become a father at the young age of 20. Coach Kill is so much more than a football coach, he is a Leader of Men. I attribute so much of my life’s success to his leadership. God bless Coach Kill!
As a epileptic, I totally understand and support Jerry Kill. When he was in the Big 10 at Minnesota, it felt someone was living my life. I knew exactly what he meant when he exclaimed ' I am not a freak.'
I attended SIU while he was AD there. He used to drive around campus on a golf cart on game days giving kids rides to the stadium or yelling the fight song outside of dorms through a megaphone. His passion was infectious, and he wanted us to love football just as much as he did.
I’ve followed Kill since he was at ESU. He’s always epitomized that working-class ethic. This video does his career justice. Thanks for calling attention to him!
Loved Jerry. I was saddened when he took Flecks comments personally, but realizing how much effort he put in, the improvements he made while giving up his health... I can understand why he would take it personally now. Heck, I would have, too. Thank you, Jerry! We're proud to have had you as our lead Gopher.
As a K-State fan, I was somewhat aware of Kill's career at Minnesota, and of his health issues. I was impressed that he was up to taking the Assistant AD job with the Wildcats after his health forced him out at Minnesota. It's truly impressive how much he's accomplished in spite of those issues and equally heart-wrenching to think of what heights he might have risen to with even average health.
I have no idea what your day job is but you are a fantastic story teller. Loved this video. You're like if Jon Bois and Ken Burns had a baby that really loved Bill Snyder. Keep doing what you are doing man. It's great stuff.
Jerry Kill coached my high school football coach at Saginaw Valley State in the 1990s. He spoke extremely highly about Jerry and modeled a lot of what we did around what he learned from playing for Jerry.
What Fleck's team did in 2019 is a miracle, but looking at the roster, so many of the key players from that season were essentially Kill products/recruits. If Kill had remained healthier in MN you have to wonder if the Gophers could've gone further.
As a Minnesota grad (class of 2012) I witnessed our loss to his NIU team. His Gophers teams were the only ones I ever felt like we had a chance to win anything.
Those nmsu and niu teams were 2 of the best underdog stories in my lifetime and now he’s at vandy helping make us look like an actual football team for once. Thank you for this video Jerry kill is now my second favorite former head coach (I love you coach O)
As a coach and being from Wichita, I love Coach Kill's story. It's a shame more people from our area don't know the legend of the man and that his story didn't have a happier path.
dog this is the perfect amount of jon bois-isms added to your content to make stories about people and individual teams engaging. you've always been amazing with the conference histories but you hit your stride here brother
Dalukes you’re doing gods work. This man has saved my dads program and the fact that I got to hear his story a couple months ago before Vandy went on a tear is fucking awesome
I really wonder if so much of the heart that led my Frogs to the CFP in 2022 came from Jerry’s investment there in 2021. Losing Patterson was hard… and I was blown away by Jerry’s mindset taking over a pretty listless team. What a guy. Great video! Love your stuff!
I went to Webb City high school and played on the football team. I've always rooted for Coach Kill because of what he created there. The man is nothing short of magic and it's so unfortunate his health couldn't keep up.
Another great video. I’d be interested in seeing a similar one on Ralph Friedgen, a longtime assistant who finally got a HC job, rescuing his alma mater from obscurity, only to lose it all in bizarre fashion ten years later.
Saw this in my recommended and watched your video knowing very little about JK. You did a fantastic job telling this man’s story. I wish nothing but the best for Coach Kill and your channel. You easily got a sub from me.
I'm an SIU alum and got to watch him take us to the semi-final vs Joe Flacco and Delaware. Kill is a phenomenal coach. He was going to do big things at Minnesota and, even though I'm a Michigan fan, I rooted for his success so hard. Tragic his time there was cut short.
I went to SIU during that 2007 run. Heck of a squad, just unfortunate to run into Joe Flacco & Delaware. I also went to HS with a guy who was a true freshman on the team that year. He said he loved playing for Coach Kill. Was really sad to see him go.
Once again, another GREAT video! I remember thinking he’d be the guy to turn Minnesota into a powerhouse if it wasn’t for his health. After watching this, I do feel he accomplished a lot despite his health issues. I will say that as a Michigan native…never mine others mentioned it! 🤣 great video!!
SIU was fun to watch under him and I remember missing the SIU vs. Delaware State game because it was cold and absolutely pouring down rain. I was listening to it through my dorm room window in Schneider Hall across the highway and it’s one of the most disappointing/missed moments of my life for two reasons. 1) I missed seeing Nick Hill, who became a walk on for the Chicago Bears only to get cut weeks later, go up against Joe Flacco. Nick Hill was fun to watch that entire season and came back to be an assistant coach the next year. 2) we lost.
As a Minnesota alum, I'm extremely grateful for what he did to raise the program up from the depths of embarrassment that Tim Brewster took it down to. (You completely misread how his first season was viewed back home, by the by - losing to NDSU was considered humiliating and beating a hated arch-rival in a trophy game for the first time in years was basically as close as you get to a bowl game in a rebuilding year). We were all sad when he had to step down, but understanding. I felt bad that he was bitter about what went down with Tracy Claeys being fired after he left, because I still felt positively about him but think the school had to do what it did. What he did at New Mexico State was an inspiration, and I hope he looks back on his career with pride and not regret.
SIU was talking about getting rid of football before Kill arrived. The stadium was a morgue. SIU had only two winning seasons between 1984-2002. I went to school there and watched some of the worst football in my life. The reversal there in 2003 was one of the most amazing things I’ve seen. Absolute culture-changer
Writing this from October 2024. Vanderbilt is now 5-2, including a win over my #1 ranked Alabama. Vanderbilt is also ranked in the most recent AP poll for the first time since 2008.
Your videos are so good! Minor nitpick in the spirit of getting better. The background music towards the end, while certainly ominous, was grating on the ear and really distracting. Change it up and maybe turn down the volume a little. Otherwise, keep up the awesome work!
Coach Kill is actively coaching at Vanderbilt during Spring practice. His voice can be heard over everybody else, and his vocabulary has many words of 4-letter lengths. Coach Beck's offense has been about as potent as the Chicago White Sox offense through the first 20 games. If it cannot move against the weakest SEC defense by far in a controlled setting, how will it do against the defenses of Alabama, Georgia, and Texas?
beloved in blacksburg. had to handhold the whole goddamn coaching staff in 2019. wouldnt have minded if we just fired fuente right then and there and hired kill tbh
I know there’s some beef between him and PJ Fleck, but that’s a shame. Kill saved the Gophers’ program after the disastrous Brewster years, and PJ would not have been able to have had the success he has had at Minnesota without Kill first taking the program from a a dumpster fire to a respectable one.
Mike Leach sincerly thought the best football coach in history would probably found at the High School level, but Jerry Kill is probably up there with the greats as far as I'm concerned.
Wow. My college football team beat Pitt State in 1992 for the national championship. Coincidentally, I developed a chronic illness in the spring of that year which ended my playing career. Years later, I got out of coaching because my condition was worsening. It was earlier than planned and you always ask yourself "what if".....however, it's not fair to those around you especially if it becomes a distraction. It's not fair to the players most of all. Edit: he's right....a part of you does die when you hang it up for the last time.
This was a rough watch. Ive had 2 seizures and my vocabulary and wit have been reduced to a point i dont feel im the same person. I can only imagine trying to retain so much info after having several.
I'm a Badgers fan, and I do not heap praise on the Golden Rodents. But if Jerry Kill has not earned your respect, there might be something wrong with you. He brought that football team up from irrelevance to the level where people like the boat-rowing guy considered it to be a destination. If not for the seizures, I think he would have made them even better.
I'm rooting for Kill to get Vandy some wins. Just please not against the Gamecocks 😅Would be amazing if they beat Auburn. Get Hugh Freeze a second time. Very impressive what he did with his team last year
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I love this video, but as someone who is going to SVSU, the way you pronounce Saginaw is going to drive me insane lol
my bad 😂
@@lukeontheplainslol it’s fine. I’m happy my school got a mention. I think that’s the first time that’s ever happened on a big channel like this.
@@lukeontheplains no worries, lol. The g is hard like Saggy pants, rather than soft like giant.
@@lukeontheplains You know what's crazy? Me, a Kstate alumni now living near SVSU
Yea, the way he pronounces it would be the last way I would ever sound out that word.
I was blessed to have Coach Kill as my Head Coach from 2008-2010 at NIU. He changed my life. He demanded everything you had, plus some. Even just being the Long Snapper for the Huskies, it was demanded to have this level of professionalism and reliability both on and off the field. He was so passionate about his team and in particular special teams, that our specialist meetings would be directly with Coach Kill every day. Remind you, he was the Head Coach, that’s unheard of. He helped me develop as a football player to receive votes for the East West shrine bowl, to improving my grades, improving my mindset, and most importantly how to grow up and become a father at the young age of 20. Coach Kill is so much more than a football coach, he is a Leader of Men. I attribute so much of my life’s success to his leadership. God bless Coach Kill!
What Jerry Kill has done with NMSU is more than remarkable might be the greatest Two Year coaching job in the history of the sport.
He’s an awesome coach
As a epileptic, I totally understand and support Jerry Kill. When he was in the Big 10 at Minnesota, it felt someone was living my life. I knew exactly what he meant when he exclaimed ' I am not a freak.'
I attended SIU while he was AD there. He used to drive around campus on a golf cart on game days giving kids rides to the stadium or yelling the fight song outside of dorms through a megaphone. His passion was infectious, and he wanted us to love football just as much as he did.
I’ve followed Kill since he was at ESU. He’s always epitomized that working-class ethic. This video does his career justice. Thanks for calling attention to him!
as a Minnesota fan this doc will hit me like a truck
As an alum of New Mexico State, he proved me wrong. I didn't think the Aggies would ever have a winning season two years in a row. Thanks, Jerry.
Loved Jerry. I was saddened when he took Flecks comments personally, but realizing how much effort he put in, the improvements he made while giving up his health... I can understand why he would take it personally now. Heck, I would have, too. Thank you, Jerry! We're proud to have had you as our lead Gopher.
As a K-State fan, I was somewhat aware of Kill's career at Minnesota, and of his health issues. I was impressed that he was up to taking the Assistant AD job with the Wildcats after his health forced him out at Minnesota. It's truly impressive how much he's accomplished in spite of those issues and equally heart-wrenching to think of what heights he might have risen to with even average health.
I never knew before I watched your videos how much I was interested in Kansas centric football but here I am
I have no idea what your day job is but you are a fantastic story teller. Loved this video. You're like if Jon Bois and Ken Burns had a baby that really loved Bill Snyder. Keep doing what you are doing man. It's great stuff.
Man if he didnt have seizures he would be a hall of famer. That is insane.
Another banger from dalukes
Legendary TCU interim head coach, Jerry Kill (Gary Patterson's best friend & best man at GP's wedding)
Well he has just made a HUGE splash, helping Vanderbilt to a win over #1 Alabama as a consultant
Jerry Kill coached my high school football coach at Saginaw Valley State in the 1990s. He spoke extremely highly about Jerry and modeled a lot of what we did around what he learned from playing for Jerry.
30 players hit the transfer portal @NMSU once Coach Kill step down, the impact of 1 man
Sad for NMSU though. Never thought anyone could win there. I wonder if players had a reason to not like the coach named after Kill stepped down.
Followed him as of Southern Illinois and am a Gophers fan. He was the most solid coach at Minnesota in generations.
What Fleck's team did in 2019 is a miracle, but looking at the roster, so many of the key players from that season were essentially Kill products/recruits. If Kill had remained healthier in MN you have to wonder if the Gophers could've gone further.
As a Minnesota grad (class of 2012) I witnessed our loss to his NIU team. His Gophers teams were the only ones I ever felt like we had a chance to win anything.
Those nmsu and niu teams were 2 of the best underdog stories in my lifetime and now he’s at vandy helping make us look like an actual football team for once. Thank you for this video Jerry kill is now my second favorite former head coach (I love you coach O)
As a coach and being from Wichita, I love Coach Kill's story. It's a shame more people from our area don't know the legend of the man and that his story didn't have a happier path.
dog this is the perfect amount of jon bois-isms added to your content to make stories about people and individual teams engaging. you've always been amazing with the conference histories but you hit your stride here brother
Fantastic video. As a gopher fan from Kansas this hits home. Always loved the guy and now love him even more
Dalukes you’re doing gods work. This man has saved my dads program and the fact that I got to hear his story a couple months ago before Vandy went on a tear is fucking awesome
Wow man I never heard of this. That man had more courage than most people in the world. God bless him.
I loved this guy while he was at Minnesota.
I interviewed with Kill when he was AD at SIU in 2018. Great dude. I’m from Wichita so we hit it off right away
As a Liberty fan, we respect Jerry Kill. Great guy.
Great freaking story. Didn't know who he was until this video, now I'm a Kill fan. What a warrior!!
I really wonder if so much of the heart that led my Frogs to the CFP in 2022 came from Jerry’s investment there in 2021. Losing Patterson was hard… and I was blown away by Jerry’s mindset taking over a pretty listless team. What a guy.
Great video! Love your stuff!
I went to Webb City high school and played on the football team. I've always rooted for Coach Kill because of what he created there. The man is nothing short of magic and it's so unfortunate his health couldn't keep up.
Another great video.
I’d be interested in seeing a similar one on Ralph Friedgen, a longtime assistant who finally got a HC job, rescuing his alma mater from obscurity, only to lose it all in bizarre fashion ten years later.
haven't watched all of the video yet, but instantly recognized that M logo. Ski-U-Mah!
I can’t wait to see how you top this one, because last time I was here I thought I had seen your best video.
Sag-in-aw your pronunciation killed me 😂😂
I'm happy to see videos like this more on TH-cam. You're doing a great job. Keep up the good work.
Outstanding video, thank you for putting this together!
Saw this in my recommended and watched your video knowing very little about JK. You did a fantastic job telling this man’s story. I wish nothing but the best for Coach Kill and your channel. You easily got a sub from me.
Jerry Kill was a true fighter who inspired everyone. Loves the game!
Great Video, keep making more videos like this.
I'm an SIU alum and got to watch him take us to the semi-final vs Joe Flacco and Delaware. Kill is a phenomenal coach. He was going to do big things at Minnesota and, even though I'm a Michigan fan, I rooted for his success so hard. Tragic his time there was cut short.
NMSU fan here. Jerry Kill is the goat. I'll always be thankful for what he did for the Aggies.
glad I managed to stumble not your channel a while back. Good stuff as always.
I went to SIU during that 2007 run. Heck of a squad, just unfortunate to run into Joe Flacco & Delaware.
I also went to HS with a guy who was a true freshman on the team that year. He said he loved playing for Coach Kill. Was really sad to see him go.
Once again, another GREAT video! I remember thinking he’d be the guy to turn Minnesota into a powerhouse if it wasn’t for his health. After watching this, I do feel he accomplished a lot despite his health issues. I will say that as a Michigan native…never mine others mentioned it! 🤣 great video!!
I remember how sad it was to hear Kill was retiring. I thought he would be the one to finally turn Minnesota into a powerhouses.
DANG dalukes, your videos keep getting better and better! Keep it up !
Wonderful video
This was a sad but yet another Awesome Video
Good vid man 👍. Worked with Matsakis, Limegrover and Copeland as a staff member. Crazy coincidence
SIU SALUKIS MENTIONED RAHHHH 🔥🔥🔥
WHERE TF IF EDWARDSVILLE
Very interesting content, and the video is well-produced (that ain't easy to do).
SIU was fun to watch under him and I remember missing the SIU vs. Delaware State game because it was cold and absolutely pouring down rain. I was listening to it through my dorm room window in Schneider Hall across the highway and it’s one of the most disappointing/missed moments of my life for two reasons. 1) I missed seeing Nick Hill, who became a walk on for the Chicago Bears only to get cut weeks later, go up against Joe Flacco. Nick Hill was fun to watch that entire season and came back to be an assistant coach the next year. 2) we lost.
We are glad to have him in Nashville.
I was at that game when Jerry Kill had that seizure on the field. It was eerie.
As a Minnesota alum, I'm extremely grateful for what he did to raise the program up from the depths of embarrassment that Tim Brewster took it down to. (You completely misread how his first season was viewed back home, by the by - losing to NDSU was considered humiliating and beating a hated arch-rival in a trophy game for the first time in years was basically as close as you get to a bowl game in a rebuilding year). We were all sad when he had to step down, but understanding. I felt bad that he was bitter about what went down with Tracy Claeys being fired after he left, because I still felt positively about him but think the school had to do what it did.
What he did at New Mexico State was an inspiration, and I hope he looks back on his career with pride and not regret.
This was beautiful good stuff man I’m a big fan of
Greg Schiano dragging Rutgers out of the basement of CFB twice is a nice one too
SIU was talking about getting rid of football before Kill arrived. The stadium was a morgue. SIU had only two winning seasons between 1984-2002. I went to school there and watched some of the worst football in my life. The reversal there in 2003 was one of the most amazing things I’ve seen. Absolute culture-changer
A great man.
So…uh… Who’s here recently after Coach Kill helped Vanderbilt slay a God tier program?
I am from Saginaw and SVSU was one of the best teams ever great job Coach Kill
Jerry kill was the architect of the Vandy win over Bama
Writing this from October 2024. Vanderbilt is now 5-2, including a win over my #1 ranked Alabama. Vanderbilt is also ranked in the most recent AP poll for the first time since 2008.
NIU alumnus with epilepsy here. This man is a warrior, with flaws for sure, but a warrior.
Your videos are so good! Minor nitpick in the spirit of getting better. The background music towards the end, while certainly ominous, was grating on the ear and really distracting. Change it up and maybe turn down the volume a little. Otherwise, keep up the awesome work!
Coach Kill is actively coaching at Vanderbilt during Spring practice. His voice can be heard over everybody else, and his vocabulary has many words of 4-letter lengths. Coach Beck's offense has been about as potent as the Chicago White Sox offense through the first 20 games. If it cannot move against the weakest SEC defense by far in a controlled setting, how will it do against the defenses of Alabama, Georgia, and Texas?
beloved in blacksburg. had to handhold the whole goddamn coaching staff in 2019. wouldnt have minded if we just fired fuente right then and there and hired kill tbh
I know there’s some beef between him and PJ Fleck, but that’s a shame. Kill saved the Gophers’ program after the disastrous Brewster years, and PJ would not have been able to have had the success he has had at Minnesota without Kill first taking the program from a a dumpster fire to a respectable one.
Class act.
Mike Leach sincerly thought the best football coach in history would probably found at the High School level, but Jerry Kill is probably up there with the greats as far as I'm concerned.
Now he is in Vanderbilt and what a season for them right now 🙃
9:50 University of Delaware Blue Hens mentioned 🔥🔥 joe Flacco 🔥🔥
Wow. My college football team beat Pitt State in 1992 for the national championship. Coincidentally, I developed a chronic illness in the spring of that year which ended my playing career. Years later, I got out of coaching because my condition was worsening. It was earlier than planned and you always ask yourself "what if".....however, it's not fair to those around you especially if it becomes a distraction. It's not fair to the players most of all. Edit: he's right....a part of you does die when you hang it up for the last time.
This was a rough watch. Ive had 2 seizures and my vocabulary and wit have been reduced to a point i dont feel im the same person. I can only imagine trying to retain so much info after having several.
Just discovered this channel, I understand wanting mass appeal and not wanting to be a homer, but I think you should do more K-State content
He will be back
4:58 sag-in-awe
Love Big Jer. Fleck is a salesman, and I don’t mean that as a compliment. Wish Jerry’s health didn’t betray him.
Dalukes dropping banger after banger
Where were you last when Jerry was Kill?
Jon bois needs to see this
It's Sag-i-naw. Listen to the Lefty Frizzell song "Saginaw, Michigan", to pronounce it correctly.
I've got it. Half the comments section is that lol, probably won't make that mistake again in my life
Winning at a blue blood means nothing. Winning at a bottom feeder is true greatness. Bill Snyder is the best coach in the BCS/playoff era.
We just call it the M-I-Double A around here for future reference 😂 Great video though!
I’m just sitting here waiting patiently on the movie that will be the history of the SEC when he makes it.
I'm a Badgers fan, and I do not heap praise on the Golden Rodents. But if Jerry Kill has not earned your respect, there might be something wrong with you. He brought that football team up from irrelevance to the level where people like the boat-rowing guy considered it to be a destination. If not for the seizures, I think he would have made them even better.
As a Michigander the way you say Saginaw is triggering haha
Good man who deserved better
Certified banger
DELAWARE MENTIONED HOOO RAHHH
nevermind this shit made me sad as hell
As an Alabama fan, I think everyone should pronounce Jordan-Hare like that.
Good video, but Sadjinaw?
he’s cooking
7:07. Pronounced Lime Grover. Just like it's spelled
TCU Horned Frog LEGEND Jerry Kill
Hearing you miss pronounce Saginaw is my favorite part of this whole thing 😂
The real reason for the Minnesota Gopher success in 2019
I'm rooting for Kill to get Vandy some wins. Just please not against the Gamecocks 😅Would be amazing if they beat Auburn. Get Hugh Freeze a second time. Very impressive what he did with his team last year
If not for the health issues the sky would have been the limit to what he could have possibly accomplished in his career