Following their loss to the Cleveland Browns, Las Vegas Raiders head coach Pete Carroll has announced that he has fired Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator.
Kelly signed a 3-year deal worth around $6 million per season in February to become the Raiders’ OC, but after only 11 games, the Raiders are heading in a different direction. The Raiders currently have the third-worst offense in terms of yards per game, ahead of only the Tennessee Titans and the Cleveland Browns. They rank second-to-last in terms of rushing yards per game and second-to-last in terms of points scored per game.
Kelly, who left his position as OC at Ohio State for the same position with the Raiders, will now be looking for a new job.
Kelly had this to say after it was announced he was fired from the Raiders:
Kelly has bounced around quite a bit since his days as head coach of the Oregon Ducks. Kelly left in 2013 for his first NFL stint as the head coach of the Eagles. Kelly was fired before the end of his third season and became the head coach of the San Francisco 49ers in 2016. This only lasted a season before Kelly was fired and went back to college football.
Kelly then took a year off before becoming the head coach of the UCLA Bruins. He was there for 6 seasons before becoming the offensive coordinator at Ohio State in 2024. In his lone season at Ohio State, the Buckeyes won the College Football Playoff National Championship.
