Chip Kelly returns to NFL with Las Vegas Raiders as offensive coordinator

Posted by author February 2, 2025 NFL

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The Las Vegas Raiders have made their final coordinator hire ahead of the 2025 NFL season.

Last week, the franchise hired Pete Carroll to take the role of head coach. Now, Carroll has a key position filled on staff: offensive coordinator.

Former Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers head coach Chip Kelly will be the Raiders‘ next offensive coordinator, per multiple reports.

Kelly most recently held the offensive coordinator position with the Ohio State Buckeyes in the 2024 college football season. Ohio State won the college football playoff (CFP) this past season with him at the helm of the offense.

Kelly is the only new coordinator for the Raiders entering the 2025 NFL season. Defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and special teams coordinator Tom McMahon were both retained for the coming season.

Prior to his season with Ohio State, Kelly served as the head coach of UCLA from 2018 through 2023. The team went 35-34 in his six-season tenure and 1-1 in bowl games.

Kelly became an NFL coaching candidate following a successful stint with the Oregon Ducks football team, first as an offensive coordinator and then as a head coach. The Ducks went 46-7 from 2009 to 2012 with Kelly as head coach and made the national championship game in 2010.

Chip Kelly coaching record

Kelly spent four seasons as a head coach in the NFL, three with the Eagles and one with the 49ers.

Philadelphia Eagles (2013-15)

Regular season record: 26-21
Playoff record: 0-1

Kelly took over for Andy Reid in Philadelphia starting in the 2013 season. He went 10-6 in back-to-back seasons with the Eagles and had a top-five scoring offense in 2013 and 2014.

The team dropped off in 2015 and Kelly was fired after Week 16 with the Eagles sitting at 6-9. The team hired Doug Pederson ahead of the 2016 season and won the Super Bowl a year later.

San Francisco 49ers (2016)

Regular season record: 2-14
Playoff record: 0-0

Kelly spent one year in San Francisco and started off with a shutout win in Week 1. The team then lost its next 12 games in a row and both Kelly and general manager Trent Baalke were fired after a 2-14 season.

Kelly took a year off from coaching before going to UCLA ahead of the 2018 college football season. San Francisco hired Kyle Shanahan to replace Kelly.

Chip Kelly offense rankings

Kelly’s reputation for a fast-paced, prolific offense with Oregon is what earned him interest from NFL teams even before taking the Eagles job in 2013. Here’s how his NFL offenses have ranked:

2013 (Eagles)
- Points: 4th
- Passing: 9th
- Rushing: 1st
2014 (Eagles)
- Points: 3rd
- Passing: 6th
- Rushing: 9th
2015 (Eagles)
- Points: 13th
- Passing: 12th
- Rushing: 14th
2016 (49ers)
- Points: 27th
- Passing: 32nd
- Rushing: 4th