Chip Kelly is back in the NCAA. UCLA announced today that they have hired Kelly as their new head coach (news first reported by Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports on Twitter). It will be a five-year contract worth $23.3MM with a $9MM reciprocal buyout (financial aspects first reports byFS1’s Bruce Feldman on Twitter).
Kelly made a name for himself as the head coach of Oregon, compiling a 46-7 record between 2009 and 2012 (along with three Pac-12 Conference championships). The head coach subsequently moved on to the NFL, taking a job with the Eagles. During his three seasons in Philadelphia, Kelly amassed a respectable 26-21 record, leading the Eagles to a division championship in 2013.
After the Eagles went 6-9 through the first 16 weeks of the 2015 campaign, Kelly was fired. Less than a month later, he joined the 49ers, although things didn’t go as planned. San Francisco ultimately went 2-14, including a 13-game losing streak, and Kelly was fired following the season. As ESPN’s Darren Rovell points out (on Twitter), the 49ers organization still owed Kelly $15MM, but this will mostly be “erased” as any salary will offset the buyout.
Since then, there have been rumblings that Kelly could take another head coach or coordinator gig in the NFL. The 53-year-old had met with the Jaguars regarding their former head coach and offensive coordinator vacancies, and there were also whispers that he could take a role on either the Patriots or Falcons coaching staffs. The majority of the rumors surrounding Kelly pertained to NFL gigs, as the coach apparently wasn’t interested in taking a job at Alabama (there were also whispers that Florida was eyeing him). Ultimately, during his year off, Kelly spent time with ESPN as a studio analyst.
Last week, former Jaguars offensive coordinator Jeff Fisch was named UCLA’s interim head coach after the school fired Jim L. Mora. Fisch ultimately led the Bruins to an important 30-27 win over California, gaining his team bowl eligibility.
Not surprising…but this officially puts UCLA back on the map. Bye Josh Rosen as well.
Imagine if Josh stays…..he leads country in passing now…..Chip Kelly Offense….GoodTimes !!!
Why on earth would he stay
TOO NOT BE A CLEVELAND BROWN !!!!!! His family has money, big money, wouldn’t be the 1st time, Lineart, Luck both went back when they were considered possible overall #1 picks as underclassman……..hmn, play for what’s been worst, most dysfunctional organization in the sport for decades, risking being broken in half by NFL stud backer/DE…….or goto history class w/most beautiful coeds in the country and you are big man on campus…..? What times class….? EASY !
This is the same kid who had jacuzzi hot tub in his dorm room day 1 as true freshman…..UCLA is the most applied to US university, every year, and it’s majority is girls…..hottest girls in the country. GoBruins !!!
There is no guarantee he would lead the country in passing again. You will likely have a whole new offense which could lead to some learning curves. Move to the pros.
Rosen to the Pro’s…go to east coast…not the Chargers in draft day deal! He is a prima donna….yelling at coaches…big mouth…big ego. We had our Ryan Leaf….let someone else take this jerk.
Rosen is the complete oppisite of Ryan Leaf if you actually payed attention
Someone is touchy and sensitive about Rosen.
Not at all but to compare Rosen to Leaf is just stupid. Rosen would never do something to get prison time.
How do you know? I went to WSU and followed Leaf. In college, it wasn’t thought that he would do something to get prison time. His character was flawed and criticized, yes. Like Rosen. Hopefully, for his and his family’s sake, Rosen gets a clue and gets his character together, as Leaf could not.
Your way off, that’s a terrible comparison to begin with, Leaf to Rosen, nothing alike, I’m all for a nice lil spirited debate but your off, doesn’t sound like you really know much about Rosen if your callin him mirror image of knucklehead Leaf….
Who are you refrring to, LA Sam?
Jedd Fisch