Former Philadelphia Eagles head coach Chip Kelly is returning to the NFL.
The Las Vegas Raiders are reportedly hiring him to be their new offensive coordinator on Pete Carroll’s coaching staff, according to an ESPN report.
Kelly, 61, hasn’t been in the National Football League since going one-and-done with the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. Prior to that, he had mixed results as the Eagles’ head coach from 2013 to 2015. He started strong but faded fast as he pushed for more personnel control.
Kelly was the head coach at UCLA from 2018 through 2023 before being hired as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator in 2024. As a member of former Eagles quarterbacks coach Ryan Day’s coaching staff, Kelly recently helped lead the Buckeyes to a national championship title.
It’ll be interesting to see how Kelly fares in his return to the NFL. The league had clearly caught up to him before he returned to the college football ranks.
Kelly will return to Lincoln Financial Field for the first time since 2015 when the Raiders visit Philadelphia to play the Eagles in 2025.
