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per Joe:
After earning a reputation as a plain-spoken, bespectacled turnaround artist, Kill arrived at Minnesota in December 2010 with another overhaul to make. Heading into his fifth season opener, Thursday against No. 2 TCU, his meticulous formula is working again.
The Gophers went 5-3 in the Big Ten last season, their first winning conference record in 11 years, and they played in their first New Year’s Day bowl game since 1962. The Gophers haven’t won a bowl game or hung a banner, but Kill and his long-tenured staff have unmistakably transformed the program. They’ve done it just as Kill did almost three decades ago in outstate Missouri: by changing the culture, inside the locker room and beyond.
Kill turned 54 this past week. He’s the reigning Big Ten Coach of the Year. His new contract will pay him $2.5 million this season. And he’s still constantly on the move.
He spoke to 22 different groups in June alone, raising money and promoting the program at booster rallies, businesses and churches.
“We’ve had to change the culture in the state, just like in Webb City,” Kill said. “I make a point to be the most visible person in the state of Minnesota.”
http://www.startribune.com/jerry-ki...335841/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
Go Gophers!!
After earning a reputation as a plain-spoken, bespectacled turnaround artist, Kill arrived at Minnesota in December 2010 with another overhaul to make. Heading into his fifth season opener, Thursday against No. 2 TCU, his meticulous formula is working again.
The Gophers went 5-3 in the Big Ten last season, their first winning conference record in 11 years, and they played in their first New Year’s Day bowl game since 1962. The Gophers haven’t won a bowl game or hung a banner, but Kill and his long-tenured staff have unmistakably transformed the program. They’ve done it just as Kill did almost three decades ago in outstate Missouri: by changing the culture, inside the locker room and beyond.
Kill turned 54 this past week. He’s the reigning Big Ten Coach of the Year. His new contract will pay him $2.5 million this season. And he’s still constantly on the move.
He spoke to 22 different groups in June alone, raising money and promoting the program at booster rallies, businesses and churches.
“We’ve had to change the culture in the state, just like in Webb City,” Kill said. “I make a point to be the most visible person in the state of Minnesota.”
http://www.startribune.com/jerry-ki...335841/?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=dlvr.it
Go Gophers!!