Jerry Kill
Assistant Coach at Vanderbilt since 2024.
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- Seasons coached
- 42
- First season
- 1985
- Teams
- 13
Career
17 stints
1980s
- 1985–1987Pittsburg Statedc
- 1988–1990Webb City HS (MO)Head Coach
1990s
- 1991–1993Pittsburg StateOffensive Coordinator
- 1994–1998Saginaw Valley StateHead Coach
- 1999–2000Emporia StateHead Coach
2000s
- 2001–2007Southern IllinoisHead Coach
- 2008–2010Northern IllinoisHead Coach
2010s
- 2011–2015MinnesotaHead Coach
- 2015MinnesotaAssistant Coach
- 2016Kansas StateAssistant Coach
- 2017RutgersOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2018–2019Southern IllinoisAssistant CoachInterim
- 2019Virginia TechAssistant Coach
2020s
- 2020–2021TCUAssistant CoachInterim
- 2021TCUHead CoachInterim
- 2022–2023New Mexico StateHead Coach
- 2024–presentVanderbiltAssistant Coach
Coaching tree
7 mentors, 41 protégés, 11 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
62
- 2024–2026Clark LeaCoached under · Vanderbilt
- 2023Bobby McMillenMentored · New Mexico State
- 2023Chuka NdulueMentored · New Mexico State
- 2023Cliff OdomMentored · New Mexico State
- 2023Ghaali Muhammad-LankfordMentored · New Mexico State
- 2023Tyler WrightMentored · New Mexico State
- 2022–2023Andrew MitchellMentored · New Mexico State
- 2022–2023Melvin RiceMentored · New Mexico State
- 2022–2023Nate DreilingMentored · New Mexico State
- 2022–2023Tim BeckMentored · New Mexico State
- 2022–2023Tony SanchezMentored · New Mexico State
- 2021A. J. RickerMentored · TCU
- 2021Andrew MitchellMentored · TCU
- 2021Bryan ApplewhiteMentored · TCU
- 2021Chad GlasgowMentored · TCU
47 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
50
- 2024Jimmy ThompsonSucceeded · Vanderbilt
- 2024Tony SanchezSucceeded by · New Mexico State
- 2022Doug MartinSucceeded · New Mexico State
- 2022Sonny DykesSucceeded by · TCU
- 2021Gary PattersonSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Brett LemoineSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Brian HernandezSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Bud FosterSucceeded by · Virginia Tech
- 2020Chad GlasgowSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Chris ThomsenSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Dan SharpSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Darrell PattersonSucceeded · TCU
- 2020David GableSucceeded · TCU
- 2020DeMontie CrossSucceeded · TCU
- 2020Don SommerSucceeded · TCU
35 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
42 seasons
- Southern IllinoisHead coach · 2001–20077
- Pittsburg StateCoordinator · 1985–19936
- MinnesotaHead coach · 2011–20155
- Saginaw Valley StateHead coach · 1994–19985
- VanderbiltPosition coach · 2024–2026 · current3
- Northern IllinoisHead coach · 2008–20103
- Webb City HS (MO)Head coach · 1988–19903
- New Mexico StateHead coach · 2022–20232
- TCUPosition coach · 2020–20212
- Southern IllinoisPosition coach · 2018–20192
- Emporia StateHead coach · 1999–20002
- TCUHead coach · 20211
- Virginia TechPosition coach · 20191
- RutgersCoordinator · 20171
- Kansas StatePosition coach · 20161
- MinnesotaPosition coach · 20151
Pipeline
5 of 15 coordinators
- 4 seasonsDoug Meachamunder at TCU 2021 · head coach at Oklahoma State2025
- 14 seasonsJay Sawvelunder at Northern Illinois 2008 · head coach at Wyoming2024
- 9 seasonsJay Sawvelunder at Minnesota 2011 · head coach at Wyoming2024
- 17 seasonsJay Sawvelunder at Southern Illinois 2001 · head coach at Wyoming2024
- 1 seasonNate Dreilingunder at New Mexico State 2022 · head coach at Utah State2024
- 8 seasonsTracy Claeysunder at Southern Illinois 2001 · head coach at Minnesota2015
- 1 seasonTracy Claeysunder at Minnesota 2011 · head coach at Minnesota2015
- 15 seasonsTracy Claeysunder at Emporia State 1999 · head coach at Minnesota2015
- 5 seasonsTracy Claeysunder at Northern Illinois 2008 · head coach at Minnesota2015
- 1 seasonDave Wiemersunder at Emporia State 1999 · head coach at Emporia State2001
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Jerry Kill. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.