Six years after stepping down as Gopher football coach for health reasons, Jerry Kill is back on the sidelines at Texas Christian University in an interim role and says his health is good.
Real good. The best in years... especially after he led the Horned Frogs to a 30-28 upset of Baylor in his first game back.
So good, that it makes him wonder what might have happened if he could have better managed his job and battles with epilepsy while at the U of M.
"I wish I felt this good my last 2-3 years at Minnesota, I'd still have been there," Kill told WCCO's Mike Max and Pete Najarian on "The Huddle" Sunday morning.
"I'm in great shape, I'm running every day, I'm doing all the things I should have been doing when I was at the University of Minnesota."
Things like making sure he's getting help from his assistants instead of tackling every issue, no matter how small, every day on the job.
"I gave everything I had to Minnesota, in some ways maybe too much," Kill said. "Should have turned some of those things over. It's my fault, I'm the one who did it. You can't do it all by yourself."
Since leaving the Gopher program, Kill has taken jobs in administration and coaching, at one time joking that when he thinks about retirement the phone rings about a new opportunity.
He came to TCU a year ago as a special assistant to coach Gary Patterson, one of his closest friends.
That turned into Kill's first head coaching job since leaving the Gophers in October of 2015 when Patterson stepped down after being told he's be let go at the end of the season.
"I've had to change over the last six years, I've done a lot of things different, maybe more relaxed, letting the assistant coaches do a little bit more." he said. "It was kind of crazy around here."
And it worked for one week, the Horned Frogs holding on for the win over the 15th-ranked team in the nation.
"It's probably one of the better, satisfying wins, just the fact of the situation with coaches knowing they're not going to be there," he said.
Kill figures he'll also be replaced after the season, with TCU looking to hire someone younger.
"When you're 60 years old and you've had the health situation I've had, I don't think there's a lot of people going crazy about hiring me or giving me a chance," Kill said, but left the door open a crack.
"If somebody did, I would be interested in it," he said.
As for the Gophers since his departure...
"They've done well."