MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The seizures had returned for Jerry Kill.
Perhaps hoping he could still mesh his demanding, pressure-filled job as Minnesota head football coach with his epilepsy, Kill guided the Gophers through one more practice on Tuesday. He was pleased with this week's game plan for Michigan, yet he knew as he walked off the field what his heart-wrenching decision would be.
He was done coaching. The toll epilepsy took on his body, his mind and his family had become too much to bear for someone trying to turn around an FBS program.
"I feel like a part of me died," Kill said.