Minnesota Football: Jerry Kill Retiring Immediately Due to Health Concerns

In a shocking twist of events, Head Football Coach Jerry Kill has decided to step down as Gopher head football coach, effective immediately. As we gather more information, we'll keep you updated. As for now, please refer to these tweets.

Coach Kill announced today that he is retiring effective immediately due to health reasons. Tracy Claeys has been named interim head coach.

— Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) October 28, 2015

#Gophers release on Coach Kill stepping down because of health reasons: https://t.co/bcclcncmy9 pic.twitter.com/ELh1DElGNV

— Minnesota Football (@GopherFootball) October 28, 2015

First and foremost, we want to wish Jerry Kill the best as he tries to conquer the physical obstacles that continue to impede him from doing a job that he loves. We hope that you do what you can to improve your health and live a long and happy life coach.

The Daily Gopher will have more to come on this significant development.