Due to lingering health issues, Minnesota Gophers football head coach Jerry Kill announced his retirement from coaching on Wednesday.  Kill has being suffering with health issues for the past couple of years, he's suffered various seizures and is a kidney cancer survivor.

The video above is Kill's opening statement. As you'd expect this was a very hard thing for Kill to do since he's been coaching for many years and now he's forced to stop doing what he loves to do.

Let's hope his health improves soon.

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