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Minnesota coach Jerry Kill hospitalized with seizure

BY GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com October 13, 2012 8:54PM

Minnesothead coach Jerry Kill looks during first half an NCAA college football game against Northwestern Minneapolis Saturday Oct. 13

Minnesota head coach Jerry Kill looks on during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Northwestern in Minneapolis, Saturday, Oct. 13, 2012. Northwestern defeated Minnesota 21-13.(AP Photo/Andy King)

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Updated: November 15, 2012 6:51AM



MINNEAPOLIS — After conducting his postgame media interviews Saturday, Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill was taken from TCF Bank Stadium by ambulance to a hospital for what university officials said appeared to be a seizure related to his epilepsy.

Kill, the former Northern Illinois coach, was said to be “alert and resting comfortably” and was continuing to be evaluated several hours after Northwestern’s 21-13 victory over the Golden Gophers, school officials said.

Kill, 51, collapsed on the sideline during a game last season after having a seizure.




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