Chip Kelly
Chip Kelly went 81–41 as a head coach, 2009–2023, at Oregon and UCLA. Share
- Record
- 81–41 career
- Seasons
- 10
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 3 seasons
- Born
- Nov 25, 1963
- Alma mater
- New Hampshire
- Best season
- 2012 12–1, No. 2
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Oregon | 10–3 | 1st | Rose Bowl L | 11 | |
| 2010 | Oregon | 12–1 | 1st | BCS National Championship L | 3 | |
| 2011 | Oregon | 12–2 | T–1st (North) | Rose Bowl W | 4 | |
| 2012 | Oregon | 12–1 | T–1st (North) | Fiesta Bowl W | 2 | |
| 2013–17: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2018 | UCLA | 3–9 | 5th (South) | |||
| 2019 | UCLA | 4–8 | T–3rd (South) | |||
| 2020 | UCLA | 3–4 | 5th (South) | |||
| 2021 | UCLA | 8–4 | T–2nd (South) | Holiday (not played) | ||
| 2022 | UCLA | 9–4 | T–5th | Sun Bowl L | 21 | |
| 2023 | UCLA | 8–5 | T–7th | LA Bowl W | ||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
Players he coached
Laiatu Latu2023 Lombardi Award
Every player from his seasons with a Heisman top-five finish, a national award, consensus All-America honors or a first-round pick. Photos: Wikimedia Commons, free licenses; credits on each player’s page.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Against ranked teams | 39 | 21–18 | 54% |
| Against top-10 teams | 16 | 6–10 | 38% |
| Against rivals | 34 | 24–10 | 71% |
| Conference games | 88 | 59–29 | 67% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 6 | 3–3 | 50% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 32 | 15–17 | 47% |
| At home | 65 | 45–20 | 69% |
| On the road | 49 | 32–17 | 65% |
| At neutral sites | 8 | 4–4 | 50% |
| As our Elo’s favorite | 79 | 63–16 | 80% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 43 | 18–25 | 42% |
His own 122 games on file, 2009–2023, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Against other head coaches
| Coach | Record | Their schools | Games | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Shaw 2011–2022 | 4–3 | Stanford | 7 | |
| Justin Wilcox 2018–2023 | 4–2 | California | 6 | |
| Kyle Whittingham 2009–2023 | 2–4 | Utah | 6 | |
| Jeff Tedford 2009–2018 | 4–1 | California, Fresno State | 5 | |
| Mike Riley 2009–2012 | 4–0 | Oregon State | 4 | |
| Steve Sarkisian 2009–2012 | 4–0 | Washington | 4 | |
| Herm Edwards 2018–2021 | 2–2 | Arizona State | 4 | |
| Lincoln Riley 2018–2023 | 1–3 | Oklahoma, USC | 4 | |
| Dennis Erickson 2009–2011 | 3–0 | Arizona State | 3 | |
| Mike Stoops 2009–2011 | 3–0 | Arizona | 3 |
Chip Kelly’s record against the head coaches he met three or more times, from the games on file, as played.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Californiaseries | 10 | 8–2 |
| Arizona Stateseries | 10 | 7–3 |
| Arizonaseries | 10 | 7–3 |
| Stanfordseries | 10 | 6–4 |
| USCseries | 10 | 6–4 |
| Coloradoseries | 8 | 6–2 |
| Washingtonseries | 7 | 6–1 |
| Washington Stateseries | 6 | 6–0 |
National coaching awards
The awards- 2010 Oregon: Eddie Robinson and Walter Camp Coach
National title staffs
Every title staff- Won a national title on Ohio State’s 2024 staff (offensive coordinator, quarterbacks) · the staff · source
The champions’ staffs from 1990 on, as the schools listed them that season: Staff lists: Drew Hoover’s how-many-rings (MIT), from the schools’ media guides and staff pages. Roles as the source words them.
How he was hired
Power-conference head-coaching hires since 2010, with each coach’s previous job and ties to the school as collected by hand from Wikipedia: Hiring facts: M. Schuckers, cfb_coach_analytics.
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Columbia | Defensive backs and special teams coach | |
| 1991 | Columbia | Outside linebackers and safeties coach | |
| 1992 | New Hampshire | Running backs coach | |
| 1993 | Johns Hopkins | Defensive coordinator | |
| 1994–96 | New Hampshire | Running backs coach | |
| 1997–98 | New Hampshire | Offensive line coach | |
| 1999–2006 | New Hampshire | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2007–08 | Oregon | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2009–12 | Oregon | Head coach | |
| 2013–15 | Philadelphia Eagles NFL | Head coach | |
| 2016 | San Francisco 49ers NFL | Head coach | |
| 2018–23 | UCLA | Head coach | |
| 2024 | Ohio State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2025 | Las Vegas Raiders NFL | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2026–present | Northwestern | Offensive coordinator |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Ray TellierColumbia
- Mike BellottiOregon
- Ryan DayOhio State
- Pete CarrollLas Vegas Raiders
- David BraunNorthwestern
Assistants who became head coaches
- Jerry AzzinaroWestern New England
- Mark HelfrichOregon
- Pat ShurmurCleveland Browns, New York Giants
- Rick MinterCincinnati, Marshall
- Ted WilliamsLos Angeles City
- Ryan DayOhio State
- Dana BibleNC State
- Jeff HafleyBoston College, Miami Dolphins
- Deshaun FosterUCLA
- Paul RhoadsIowa State
- Darrin ChiaveriniChaffey, Northeastern State
- Jeff FarisAustin Peay
- and 1 more
Worked under (5)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Tellier | Columbia | 1990–91 | 1990: defensive backs and special teams coach; 1991: outside linebackers and safeties coach | |
| Mike Bellotti | Oregon | 2007–08 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Ryan Day | Ohio State | 2024 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Pete Carroll | Las Vegas Raiders NFL | 2025 | Offensive coordinator | |
| David Braun | Northwestern | 2026 | Offensive coordinator |
Coached under him, later head coaches (13)
| Coach | With him | Head coach at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry Azzinaro | Oregon, 2009, 2012: defensive line coach; Philadelphia Eagles, 2013, 2015: assistant head coach and defensive line coach; San Francisco 49ers, 2016: defensive line coach; UCLA, 2018, 2021: defensive coordinator 2025- university of new england; 2019–20: defensive coordinator | Western New England | |
| Mark Helfrich | Oregon, 2009–12: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | Oregon | |
| Pat Shurmur | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–15: offensive coordinator | Cleveland Browns, New York Giants | |
| Rick Minter | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–15: linebackers coach | Cincinnati, Marshall | |
| Ted Williams | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–14: tight ends coach | Los Angeles City | |
| Ryan Day | Philadelphia Eagles, 2015: quarterbacks coach; San Francisco 49ers, 2016: quarterbacks coach | Ohio State | |
| Dana Bible | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: offensive assistant; UCLA, 2018–20: quarterbacks coach | NC State | |
| Jeff Hafley | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: defensive backs coach | Boston College, Miami Dolphins | |
| Deshaun Foster | UCLA, 2018–22: running backs coach; 2023: assistant head coach and running backs coach | UCLA | |
| Paul Rhoads | UCLA, 2018–19: defensive backs coach | Iowa State | |
| Darrin Chiaverini | UCLA, 2022: offensive analyst | Chaffey, Northeastern State | |
| Jeff Faris | UCLA, 2022–23: tight ends coach | Austin Peay | |
| Ken Niumatalolo | UCLA, 2023: tight ends coach | Navy, San José State |
Other assistants under him (29)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Don Pellum | Oregon, 2009–12: linebackers coach; UCLA, 2018–21: linebackers coach | |
| Nick Aliotti | Oregon, 2009–12: defensive coordinator | |
| Peter Sirmon | Oregon, 2009: graduate assistant | |
| Erik Chinander | Oregon, 2010–12: graduate assistant; Philadelphia Eagles, 2013: assistant defensive line | |
| Todd Lyght | Oregon, 2011–12: defensive intern; Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–14: assistant defensive backs coach | |
| Bill Lazor | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013: quarterbacks coach | |
| Bill McGovern | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–15: outside linebackers coach; UCLA, 2022: defensive coordinator; 2023: director of football administration | |
| Dave Fipp | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–15: special teams coordinator | |
| John Lovett | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013–14: defensive backs coach | |
| Mike Dawson | Philadelphia Eagles, 2013: defensive quality control coach; 2014–15: defensive line coach | |
| Bill Musgrave | Philadelphia Eagles, 2014: quarterbacks coach | |
| Brian Smith | Philadelphia Eagles, 2015: assistant linebackers | |
| Jason Tarver | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: linebackers coach | |
| Jeff Nixon | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: tight ends coach | |
| Jim O’Neil | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: defensive coordinator | |
| Joe Bowden | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: inside linebackers coach | |
| Tem Lukabu | San Francisco 49ers, 2016: defensive quality control coach | |
| Conner McQueen | UCLA, 2018–19: graduate assistant | |
| Derek Sage | UCLA, 2018: tight ends coach; 2019–21: special teams coordinator and tight ends coach | |
| Jerry Neuheisel | UCLA, 2018–20: graduate assistant; 2021–23: wide receivers coach | |
| Jimmie Dougherty | UCLA, 2018–20: wide receivers coach | |
| Justin Frye | UCLA, 2018: offensive line coach; 2019–21: offensive coordinator and offensive line coach | |
| Brian Norwood | UCLA, 2020–23: assistant head coach, passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach | |
| Johnny Nansen | UCLA, 2020–21: defensive line coach | |
| Clancy Pendergast | UCLA, 2021–23: analyst | |
| Ryan Gunderson | UCLA, 2021–23: quarterbacks coach | |
| Tim Drevno | UCLA, 2021: offensive assistant; 2022–23: offensive line coach | |
| Ikaika Malloe | UCLA, 2022: special teams and outside linebackers coach; 2023: defensive line coach | |
| D’Anton Lynn | UCLA, 2023: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Oregon | head coachbonuses up to $900,000 | $3,500,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2011 | Oregon | head coachbonuses up to $1,035,000 | $2,800,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2010 | Oregon | head coachbonuses up to $885,000 | $2,400,000 USA Today via Leeds | |
| 2009 | Oregon | head coachbonuses up to $1,275,000 | $1,500,000 USA Today via Leeds |
The same USA Today database for 2006–16, from Michael Leeds’ replication data on Harvard Dataverse (CC0): the season’s contract pay.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.
How he coached
Kelly’s teams went for it on 32% of fourth downs and on 50% of those where the model said go for it, passed on 43% of plays and took 22.2 seconds a play, 2009–2023.
| Season | School | Went for it on fourth | When the model said go | Pass rate | Seconds a play | EPA a play | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 13 g | Oregon | 22 of 104 21% | 38% | 39% | 22.2 | +0.02 | |
| 2010 13 g | Oregon | 34 of 94 36% | 53% | 39% | 21.2 | +0.15 | |
| 2011 14 g | Oregon | 31 of 91 34% | 53% | 39% | 20.4 | +0.17 | |
| 2012 13 g | Oregon | 31 of 96 32% | 51% | 37% | 20.4 | +0.14 | |
| 2018 12 g | UCLA | 26 of 104 25% | 33% | 51% | 22.8 | +0.03 | |
| 2019 12 g | UCLA | 29 of 91 32% | 55% | 50% | 23.4 | +0.02 | |
| 2020 7 g | UCLA | 17 of 49 35% | 57% | 41% | 22.5 | +0.13 | |
| 2021 11 g | UCLA | 28 of 71 39% | 60% | 42% | 24.1 | +0.18 | |
| 2022 13 g | UCLA | 26 of 74 35% | 61% | 48% | 22.5 | +0.24 | |
| 2023 13 g | UCLA | 32 of 96 33% | 50% | 49% | 23.7 | +0.04 | |
| All 121 g | 276 of 870 32% | 50% | 43% | 22.2 | +0.11 |
His seasons as a head coach from 2004 on, from ESPN’s play by play: fourth downs where he went for it out of every fourth-down decision; how often he went when SportsDataverse’s fourth-down model said going for it was the better call; the share of his offense’s plays that were passes; seconds of game clock per offensive play (lower is faster); and expected points added per offensive play (EPA, a measure of how much each play moved the offense toward points). The season in progress counts its games so far. SportsDataverse’s coach tendencies, from ESPN’s play by play; the EPA and the fourth-down model are SportsDataverse’s.