USA Today Sports: Chip Kelly Not Taking Florida Job
It's starting to look like he will end up at UCLA if he decides to return to coaching.
Confirmed: Florida’s out for Chip Kelly, potentially clearing the way for UCLA—but nothing’s certain.
— George Schroeder (@GeorgeSchroeder) November 24, 2017
(UCLA’s Under Armour affiliation remains a real issue because of Kelly's relationship w/ Phil Knight.)https://t.co/IgiuYZTQQD
via @usatodaysports
(1st reported by @YahooForde)
November 24th, 2017 at 6:09 PM ^
Would fit well at UF.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:14 PM ^
Frost is heading to Nebraska.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:17 PM ^
He has some issues with Nebraska. Plus, UF is a better job.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:37 PM ^
Nothing is perfect. He will be at Nebraska bruh.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:46 PM ^
When we play them next year
November 24th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
They're presently getting beastfu*ked by Iowa... In Lincoln
November 25th, 2017 at 12:03 AM ^
Mike Riley hasn't even been fired yet but everyone on earth has been speculating on Nebraska's next coach for half the season. Sooo many open jobs.
I think Frost goes to Florida. It's just a much better job than Nebraska. Talent is so much better in Florida.
I actually think Bielema at Nebraksa would be a good fit.
Kelly to UCLA to bring him back to the PAC12.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:57 PM ^
He is speaking with Florida coming up so you may be right. It will be Florida or Nebraska but he would be a fool to choose Nebraska over Florida. Florida is a much better job and it's not close.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:09 PM ^
Florida fans must be fuming right now. They had the headstart on the coaching carousel this year and still botched it.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
Frost may be the better choice for UF.
November 25th, 2017 at 12:06 AM ^
lot left for him to prove. I agree he has the higher ceiling because he might be an elite recruiter. Not sure that Chip Kelly is, but he took good not great recruiting to 4 straight BCS bowls at Oregon so his floor is much higher. Whomever gets him is almost gauranteed to compete for conference titles or better.
November 25th, 2017 at 1:23 AM ^
He took good not great recruiting to BCS and a show cause penalty before fleeing to the NFL
November 24th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
Haven't been paying much to that situation over the last few days. I know he turned them down, but did they really botch it so much as he decided it wasn't for him?
November 24th, 2017 at 6:29 PM ^
Few in the media even mention their job opening. Sad times in Knoxville.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:45 PM ^
They have
November 24th, 2017 at 7:08 PM ^
Arkansas just canned Bielema
November 24th, 2017 at 7:11 PM ^
so in honor of Thanksgiving, here is a turkey
November 24th, 2017 at 7:59 PM ^
Doesn't matter who the media mentions, but who wants the job? They just fired a guy they picked with a good G5 track record and now they're going to have to do that again. They may have to take a risk and get a guy without head coaching experience, like Brent Venables.
November 24th, 2017 at 8:04 PM ^
Mostly because UT is Gruden or bust right now, not much to talk about until that situation resolves itself.
November 24th, 2017 at 9:04 PM ^
would be a fool to take any coaching job now...then he would have to prove he was good at it and worth the hype and bux.
November 24th, 2017 at 9:27 PM ^
No he wouldn’t. He could sign a 5yr $50mil guaranteed contract and get paid no matter what happens.
November 24th, 2017 at 11:27 PM ^
is probably about what he makes now
November 24th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
Florida is a fuckin mess in many ways...they might have problems finding a top notch coach
November 25th, 2017 at 12:11 AM ^
Michigan when we fired Hoke. But we weren't a mess. We had two great recruiting classes about to become upperclassmen. Florida is Florida.
MSU also looked like a total mess last year and all through the offseason. Look what they did.
It doesn't necessarily take a long time to turn things around in college football. It can happen quickly with the right coaching.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:12 PM ^
will get a call from someone. Will Chip Kelly go back to Oregon?
November 24th, 2017 at 6:13 PM ^
Although I have no clue who this person is, he asked the right question here -
What was your favorite memory from the Chip Kelly era at UF?
— Bryce (@Brycearoni8) November 24, 2017
November 24th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
Kelly want to go to Arkansas.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:18 PM ^
Come on, Fleck to Florida. Spencer Hall might cry.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:20 PM ^
He’s coming to Michigan when Harbaugh takes the long-rumored Raiders job.
(Yes, that is a joke).
November 24th, 2017 at 6:30 PM ^
This doesn't seem feasible. Jokes are supposed to be funny...
November 24th, 2017 at 6:39 PM ^
Chip’s offense and Don Brown’s Defense would be amazing.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:28 PM ^
what is the best Nike job available?
November 24th, 2017 at 6:39 PM ^
UF...so far.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:55 PM ^
Why though? Who gives a fuck?
November 24th, 2017 at 7:04 PM ^
Kelly might make bank on a personal Nike deal he wants to continue.
November 24th, 2017 at 6:51 PM ^
well, pig sooey is now officially open
November 24th, 2017 at 7:12 PM ^
why the whole UnderArmour/Nike thing is such a big deal. Is he friends with Phil Knight, or is he a Nike Employee of Phil Knight.
If nothing else, you'd think Knight would be happy for him to go to a different school. If/when Kelly is successful, he might be able to exert influence to switch them to Nike.
In any case, if I were a UF fan, I wouldn't be too excited about Scott Frost. We know how the hot Group of 5 coach worked for them last time.
November 24th, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
who was still in the Mountain West at the time.
November 24th, 2017 at 7:38 PM ^
True. It seems like a crapshoot.
November 24th, 2017 at 7:39 PM ^
Frost just took a team that was winless and in two seasons have them undefeated. That's pretty impressive. A lot of coaches come from smaller schools first, including our own.
November 24th, 2017 at 7:53 PM ^
He may have started at a small school, but it’s not like he went from San Diego to Michigan. Stanford is the type of school that should look to mid majors. It just seems like Florida should get bigger names, or at least from bigger schools.
November 24th, 2017 at 8:06 PM ^
Yeah. I would think so too. It's just been a mess down there lately. I think Chip Kelly would have been a good fit there because with the recent lack of offense there, they have to be pining for the days of Spurrier and running up the score.
November 25th, 2017 at 10:20 AM ^
at San Diego, which is definately a small school.
November 25th, 2017 at 1:39 AM ^
But didn't UCF go from 12-0 to 0-12 with the last coach and then just now went back to undefeated with Frost? It seems more like the last guy just really mailed it in his last year, I think he even quit mid-season
November 25th, 2017 at 9:28 AM ^
Sure UCF was winless the year before Frost took over but that was a year of complete upheaval. The cupboard was not even close to bare when Frost took over. In the 5 years before UCF's winless season they won 4 division titles, 3 conference championships and won 10 or more games 3 times.
November 25th, 2017 at 12:23 AM ^
wasn't as hot as Frost though. That was a bit of a wtf headscratching hire. Tom Herman (at Houston) and some other hires were viewed, even at the time, as better hires.
Even this Athon Sports article had his hire the 6th best at the time (out of only 14 coaching hires in all of FBS): https://athlonsports.com/college-football/grading-college-footballs-hea…
November 24th, 2017 at 7:25 PM ^
Scott Frost has an extremely punchable face. That is my only comment
November 24th, 2017 at 10:57 PM ^
He needs to work on that ....
November 24th, 2017 at 7:51 PM ^
If true, this is a hilarious disaster for Florida.
I say "if true" because we're hearing the high-level national media stuff, and some of the things they produce (such as Kelly is choosing between UCLA and Florida only) seem to have limited sourcing. We experienced this with the Harbaugh situation, where national media that isn't stupid just didn't have the sources that mattered for the college landscape. So this might be way off base, too.
But, if true, Florida misses their A+ hire candidate. And, I think, reasonably; I believe Kelly can win just as much at UCLA as he can at Florida, where the weather is nice and the talent base is great and there is neither the pressure nor the Saban-coached elephant in the room.
Florida would need to go after Frost, which they might get and might succeed pretty well. But then, by domino principle, that leaves Nebraska without a slam-dunk candidate, something else I can point and laugh about.