Ohio State Hires One Of College Football's Greatest Minds
Updated: Feb 10
Ohio State fans woke up to some sad news Friday morning that new offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien would be leaving the program to take the Boston College head coaching job, but Buckeye fans can put a smile back on their face again because ESPN's Pete Thamel reported "Ohio State is expected to target UCLA coach Chip Kelly as the school's next offensive coordinator. A deal could come together as soon as today."
Kelly has spent ten years being a head coach at the college level. His most famous stint was at Oregon from 2009-2012, where he brought the Ducks to two Rose Bowls a Fiesta Bowl and lost in the National Championship Game to Auburn in the 2010 season.
Kelly spent 2013-2016 coaching the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers, but the NFL didn't work out for him. He was back at the college level coaching UCLA in 2018 and spent the last six seasons there.
Ohio State's head coach, Ryan Day, spent a few seasons as Chip Kelly's quarterback coach with the Eagles and 49ers before taking the Ohio State quarterback/offensive coordinator job in 2017. Day also played football at New Hampshire from 1998-2021 where Kelly was also the offensive coordinator for the program at that time. Day then became a tight end coach on Kelly's New Hampshire staff in 2002.
Day stated earlier this week that he would be turning over the offensive playing calling to his offensive coordinator, who was Bill O'Brien at the time, but I'm assuming it will stay the same with Kelly coming in.
Day has known Kelly for a while now. Kelly is among the best offensive minds we have ever seen at the college level. Everyone wanted to copy the fast-paced offense he showed at Oregon, and Ohio State is about to have some fun with Kelly this season.
Ohio State hit a home run with this hire, and Ohio State's offense will be a treat to watch this season.
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