1. Charles Edward Kelly was born on November 25,1963 and is an American professional football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Las Vegas Raiders of the National Football League.
44 Facts About Chip Kelly
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Chip Kelly came to prominence as a college football head coach at the Oregon Ducks from 2009 to 2012, leading them to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game.
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Chip Kelly's success led to a stint in the NFL, where he coached for four seasons, three with the Philadelphia Eagles and one with the San Francisco 49ers.
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Chip Kelly attended Manchester Central High School, where he played ice hockey and basketball.
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Chip Kelly earned his Bachelor of Science in physical education from the University of New Hampshire in 1990.
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Chip Kelly played quarterback at Manchester Central and defensive back at the University of New Hampshire.
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Chip Kelly broke into the coaching ranks in 1990 at Columbia University, where he served as secondary and special teams coach for the freshman team.
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The next year, Chip Kelly was outside linebackers and strong safeties coach for the varsity team.
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Chip Kelly left to become the defensive coordinator at Johns Hopkins University for one season.
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Chip Kelly returned to his alma mater as the running backs coach for the next three seasons.
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Chip Kelly was just in time to devise a zone-blocking scheme for star Jerry Azumah.
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Chip Kelly changed to the offensive line coach for two seasons.
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Chip Kelly was promoted to offensive coordinator at New Hampshire in 1999.
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Chip Kelly was named the College Assistant Coach of the Year by the Gridiron Club of Greater Boston following the 2005 season in addition to being selected as "one of college football's hottest coaches" by American Football Monthly.
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Chip Kelly was hired as offensive coordinator at Oregon in February 2007.
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Chip Kelly's potent spread offense attack was an instant success at Oregon.
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On March 31,2009, Oregon announced head coach Mike Bellotti would be promoted to athletic director, with Chip Kelly promoted to head coach.
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Chip Kelly coached the Oregon Ducks to BCS games in each of his four seasons as head coach: the 2010 Rose Bowl, 2011 BCS National Championship Game, 2012 Rose Bowl, and 2013 Fiesta Bowl.
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Chip Kelly coached Oregon to three consecutive outright conference championships from 2009 to 2011 and a conference division title in 2012.
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Chip Kelly was named the 2009 and 2010 Pac-10 Coach of the Year, 2010 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, 2010 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, 2010 Sporting News Coach of the Year, 2010 AFCA Coach of the Year Award, and 2010 Associated Press Coach of the Year.
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Chip Kelly became the first Pac-10 coach to win an outright conference championship in his first season, sending the Ducks to the Rose Bowl for the first time since 1995.
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On December 7,2009, Chip Kelly was named Pac-10 Coach of the year.
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Chip Kelly was the second Ducks coach to earn the honor, the other being Rich Brooks.
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In recognition of his coaching achievements, Chip Kelly received the Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year award, the Walter Camp Coach of the Year award and was named Pac-10 Coach of the Year for the second year running.
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Chip Kelly received an 18-month show-cause penalty, which would have made an immediate hiring by another NCAA institution difficult.
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Chip Kelly turned down the offer and shortly after became the offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon.
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Oregonian columnist John Canzano speculated that Chip Kelly was waiting for the New England Patriots head coaching position to become available.
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In early January 2013, numerous NFL teams expressed interest and Chip Kelly was interviewed by the Buffalo Bills, the Cleveland Browns and Philadelphia Eagles.
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Chip Kelly agreed to terms with the Philadelphia Eagles to become the team's head coach on January 16,2013.
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On January 2,2015, Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie announced that Chip Kelly would assume control of the 90-man roster, while Roseman would be "elevated" to the role of Executive Vice President of Football Operations, remaining in control of the salary cap and contracts.
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Chip Kelly signed former Cowboys running back and reigning rushing champion DeMarco Murray.
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On January 14,2016, Chip Kelly was hired by the San Francisco 49ers as head coach.
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Chip Kelly entered the 2016 season as the 49ers' third coach in three seasons, following Jim Harbaugh and Jim Tomsula.
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On May 26,2017, Chip Kelly was hired by ESPN as a studio analyst for college football.
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On November 25,2017, Chip Kelly was hired as the head football coach at UCLA.
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Chip Kelly had interviewed for the Florida head coach position.
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On February 9,2024, Chip Kelly left UCLA after six seasons to become the offensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
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Chip Kelly had reportedly been interviewing for coordinator positions in the NFL.
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Chip Kelly's departure came after other schools had already filled their coaching vacancies, and shortly before UCLA's start of spring practice, with the school's move to the Big Ten Conference approaching.
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Chip Kelly replaced Bill O'Brien as offensive coordinator, after O'Brien left Ohio State to be head coach for Boston College.
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Chip Kelly helped lead Ohio State to winning a National Championship.
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Chip Kelly is reluctant to discuss his life outside of football.
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Chip Kelly was married to Jennifer Jenkins from 1992 to 1999.
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Chip Kelly replied to the man with a personal check written out for his travel costs ; in response, the fan wrote him a thank you note returning the original uncashed check.