Now that spring practice has wrapped up at the University of
Minnesota, head coach Jerry Kill has been busy meeting with next year's team as
individuals. But that's not the only thing he's doing. Coach Kill has also
gotten right back out there on the speaking circuit.
Wednesday was a particularly busy day for the head coach when
it came to speaking engagements. He appeared at a breakfast event for the Angel
Foundation for Cancer Awareness that morning and spoke about leadership that
evening at Richfield High School.
It's well-documented that Coach Kill is a survivor or kidney
cancer. He also has his own cancer foundation in southern Illinois that
supports people fighting the disease.
"This is certainly a tremendous cause and one we felt we
needed to get to," Kill said following his talk at the Angel Foundation
breakfast.
See more about the Angel Foundation breakfast and Coach Kill's
involvement here.
Later that evening, Coach Kill was in Richfield, taking part
in a leadership series presented by the Richfield Spartan Foundation and the
Richfield Chamber of Commerce. His message there talked about hard work being the
only way to succeed in life.
"I really believe you can out-work anyone," Kill told the
group. "It takes no talent at all to be a hard worker."
Read more about Coach Kill's visit in Richfield and see
photos here.
Coach Kill also made an appearance at the Elks Fishing Fling
in Brainerd Thursday. He gave those in attendance some of his thoughts on how
spring ball went, the team's academic success and the possible addition of
alcohol at TCF Bank Stadium.
There is plenty of video from Coach Kill's appearance at the
Elks Fishing Fling here.
On a personal note, I want to say a huge thank Coach Kill
for speaking at an event that didn't get any media coverage last week. My wife Jill
is part of a local Toastmasters group and Coach graciously accepted her offer
to speak at their most recent open house.
In addition to all the speaking engagements, Coach Kill and
the team hosted a HopeKids event Saturday at the Gibson-Nagurski Football
Complex.
