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Jerry Kill (born August 24, 1961 in Cheney, Kansas) was head football coach at the University of Minnesota, taking the position for the 2011 season and holding it until 2015. He has continued in coaching, including becoming the interim head coach for the 2021 TCU Horned Frogs.

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. Kill has been recognized with the Eddie Robinson Award (2004), Big Ten Coach of the Year (2014) , and the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame (2016)

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