Jerry Kill

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Jerry Kill
Title	Head coach
College	Northern Illinois
Sport	Football
Born	August 24, 1961 (1961-08-24) (age 46)
Place of birth	Cheney, KS
Career highlights
Overall	104-57
Coaching stats
College Football DataWarehouse
Awards
2004 Eddie Robinson Award[1] 2004 Division I-AA Coach of the Year[2]
Playing career
1978-1981	Southwestern
Position	Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994-1998 1999-2000 2001-2007 2008-present	Saginaw Valley State Emporia State Southern Illinois Northern Illinois

Jerry Kill (born August 24, 1961 in Cheney, Kansas) is the current head football coach at Northern Illinois University, taking the position for the 2008 season. His previous position was the head coach of Southern Illinois University, where Kill guided the Salukis to three-straight Gateway Conference championships and Division I-AA Playoff appearances.^[3]

Contents 1 Coaching History 1.1 Saginaw Valley State University 1.2 Emporia State University 1.3 Southern Illinois University 1.4 Northern Illinois University 2 Head coaching record 3 Coach Kill Cancer Fund 4 Personal life 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Coaching History

[edit] Saginaw Valley State University

Coach Kill landed his first head coaching job as the fourth football coach at Saginaw Valley State University in 1994 where he produced five-straight winning seasons, including back-to-back 9-2 campaigns in 1997 and 1998.^[4] Kill compiled a 38-14 record in five years as head coach where his teams led NCAA Division II in rushing each of his last two years and his last season was second in the nation in both total offense (498.3) and scoring (42.5).^[5]

Coach Kill is ranked third at Saginaw Valley State in total wins and second in winning percentage.^[6]

[edit] Emporia State University

Coach Kill was the 20th head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas and he held that position for two seasons, from 1999 until 2000. His overall coaching record at ESU was 11 wins, 11 losses, and 0 ties. This ranks him tenth at ESU in terms of total wins and ninth at ESU in terms of winning percentage.^[7]

[edit] Southern Illinois University

Kill was named to the head coach post at Southern Illinois University in 2001. A highlight of his history at SIU is the 2004 season, where under Kill's guidance the Salukis went a perfect 9-0 against NCAA Division I-AA opponents and outscored competitors by more than 30 points per game. Southern Illinois finished a perfect 7-0 in Gateway Conference games. Southern Illinois earned the No. 1 ranking for the final 10 weeks of the year, and garnered the No. 1 seed in the 2004 postseason.^[8]

At SIU, Kill was the first coach to produce four consecutive winning seasons and is credited with turning the football team around to a winning program.^[9] On September 26, 2006, he became the schools all-time leader in winning percentage after a "pounding" of Indiana State University, 55-3.^[10]

[edit] Northern Illinois University

On December 13, 2007, Northern Illinois University in DeKalb announced that Jerry Kill was hired as their new Head Coach.^[11] He will be replacing twelve-year coach Joe Novak, who retired after leading the Huskies to a successful program.^[12]

[edit] Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl
Saginaw Valley State (GLIAC) (1994 – 1998)
1994	Saginaw Valley State	6-4
1995	Saginaw Valley State	7-3
1996	Saginaw Valley State	7-3
1997	Saginaw Valley State	9-2
1998	Saginaw Valley State	9-2
Saginaw Valley State:		38-14
Emporia State (MIAA) (1999 – 2000)
1999	Emporia State	5-6
2000	Emporia State	6-5
Emporia State:		11-11
Southern Illinois (GFC) (2001 – 2007)
2001	Southern Illinois	1-10
2002	Southern Illinois	4-8
2003	Southern Illinois	10-2
2004	Southern Illinois	10-2
2005	Southern Illinois	9-4
2006	Southern Illinois	9-4
2007	Southern Illinois	12-2
Southern Illinois:		55-32
Northern Illinois (MAC) (2008 — present)
2008	Northern Illinois
Northern Illinois:
Total:		104-57
National Championship         Conference Title         Conference Division Title

[edit] Coach Kill Cancer Fund

Kill suffered a series of seizures that included one on the sidelines in the waning seconds of an October 15, 2005 home loss to Illinois State.^[13] Subsequently, Kill was diagnosed with kidney cancer and has since started the Coach Kill Cancer Fund foundation to assist low-income southern Illinois residents with treatment. ^[14]

[edit] Personal life

Kill earned a Bachelor's Degree in Education with a minor in Biology from Southwestern College in 1982 where he played under coaches Phil Hower and Dennis Franchione. He was raised in a "Working class family" and became the first member of his family to graduate from college.^[15]

[edit] External links

• http://www.coachkillcancerfund.org/

[edit] References

Preceded by Joe Novak

Northern Illinois University Head Football Coach 2008–

Succeeded by incumbent

v • d • e Eddie Robinson Award winners 1987: M. Duffner  | 1988: B. Russo  | 1989: E. Russell  | 1990: G. McDowell  | 1991: C. Ault  | 1992: C. Taaffe  | 1993: D. Allen  | 1994: J. Tressel  | 1995: H. Nutt  | 1996: D. Barbier  | 1997: A. Talley  | 1998: P. Johnson  | 1999: M. Matthews  | 2000: J. Glenn  | 2001: P. Lembo  | 2002: T. Tate  | 2003: M. Ayers  | 2004: J. Kill  | 2005: S. McDonnell  | 2006: J. Moore  | 2007: M. Farley

v • d • e Saginaw Valley State University Cardinals Head Football Coaches Waters • Larkin • Ihler • Kill • Awrey

v • d • e Emporia State University Hornets Head Football Coaches Lamb • Williams • Botsford • Samson • Samuels • Honhart • Crispin • Hargiss • McChesney • McLaren • Welch • Caywood • Blaylock • Lance • Elliott • Hoover • Seaman • Kramer • Matsakis • Kill • Wiemers • Higgins

v • d • e Southern Illinois Salukis Head Football Coaches McAndrew • Patterson • Lodge • McAndrew • Martin • Waller • O'Brien • Kawal • Piccone • Shroyer • Rainsberger • Towers • Weaver • Dempsey • Door • Rhoades • Smith • Watson • Quarless • Kill • Lennon

v • d • e NIU Huskies head football coaches Keith • Fleager • Sauthoff • Kellogg • Wirtz • Harrison • Muir • Cowell • Evans • Kahler • Fletcher • Urich • Ippoliti • Culpepper • Mallory • Corso • Pettibone • Sadler • Novak • Kill