MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota football coach Jerry Kill suffered a seizure and was transported to a local hospital as a precaution following his team's 21-13 Saturday loss to Northwestern.
The school said Kill, 51, had already completed his postgame interviews when the seizure occurred and is alert and resting comfortably after an ambulance trip from TCF Bank Stadium. He showed no signs of health problems while answering reporters' questions.
The university plans to issue an update on his condition Sunday.
Kill's seizure disorder was a reoccurring storyline last season, his first with the Gophers, after he collapsed on the sideline during a home game against New Mexico State in the second week of the year.
He spent five days in the hospital and coached the team's game the next week, but he admitted that he had multiple additional seizures during his hospitalization. He eventually controlled the disorder with medication and talked less and less about the issue as the season went on.
Kill has a history of seizures, having suffered them in 2001, '05 and '06 while coaching at Southern Illinois. Since he returned to the sideline last season — he has never missed a game due to a seizure — he has done his best to downplay the condition with his players and the media, often using his folksy brand of humor to deflect questions and put minds at ease.
At Big Ten media days, he smiled at a question he knew was coming: "I'm doing fantastic," Kill said. "I appreciate you asking."
Kill, known for turnarounds in his second season at several coaching stops, had the Gophers at 4-0 this year before back-to-back losses — against Iowa two weeks ago and Northwestern on Saturday.
Minnesota plays at Wisconsin next weekend with Kill's status for that game unknown.
