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Chip Kelly

(1963) American Football Coach

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Chip Kelly is an American football coach, best known for Throwing It Forward.

Quick Facts About Chip Kelly

Born: November 25, 1963
Profession: American Football Coach
Notable works: Throwing It Forward

About Chip Kelly

Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for Northwestern. He came to prominence as a college football head coach for the University of Oregon from 2009 to 2012, leading them to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game. Kelly's success led to a stint in the NFL, where he coached for four seasons, three with the Philadelphia Eagles (2013–2015) and one with the San Francisco 49ers (2016). After the NFL, Kelly returned to college in 2018 as the head football coach for UCLA, coaching for six seasons before leaving in 2024 to join Ohio State as their offensive coordinator. Kelly was hired by the NFL team, the Las Vegas Raiders, to be their offensive coordinator in 2025, but was fired after Week 12 following a 2–9 start to the season. He returned again to the collegiate ranks in 2026 with Northwestern.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Chip Kelly

Profiles mean nothing. You could say, 'I want this,' but then it's not out there.

Mean

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Last time I checked, there is no 'Hall of Average.'

Average

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I look for a quarterback who can run and not a running back who can throw. I want a quarterback who can…

Arms

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Everybody has the same amount of time during the day. You can either spend your time or invest your time.

Amount

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I'm not going to mortgage the Eagles' future for Marcus Mariota.

Eagles

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I think there's a lot of different things that factor into playing good defense, and you just can't say, "All right, if…

Balls

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I've never had a quarterback run-driven offense. We don't run designed plays where we snap the ball directly to the quarterback and…

Balls

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You don’t get a trophy after halftime. We don’t look at the scoreboard until the end of the game.

Ends

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I think sometimes when you look long term, you kind of forget to take care of what you have to take care…

Bases

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Tommy's [Gamble] an East Coast guy, so he kind of talks fast and in quick statements and phrases, so I understood him…

Coast

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I think that's another misconception, [that] our quarterbacks run all the time. Quarterbacks can help you in the run game, they complement…

Complement

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When a warrior goes down, you pick up his shield and go play in honor of him.

Honor

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Wherever you're coaching or playing right now is the Big Time

Big time

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I think your goal is to win every single game you play. ... I'm not a guy that just puts a number…

Bravado

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When I took the job in Philadelphia, we had a chance to hire a personnel guy and I hired Tom [Gamble], really…

Bases

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I have some unfinished business to complete at the University of Oregon.

Business

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It doesn't hurt me. I'm not governed by the fear of what other people say. Events don't elicit feelings; I think beliefs…

Belief

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You have to run the football and stop the run, no matter what level you play at, whether it's high school, college…

Believer

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Run from being good. Chase being great.

Be good

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Yeah, I had it all mapped out actually. Seriously. I wrote it down. I said, 'When I'm the head coach of the…

Coaches

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I don't think anybody has a ceiling. Everybody can constantly improve.

Ceilings

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If your expectations aren't to be the best, then... you know, nobody rises to low expectations.

Being the best

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There's a lot [of coaches], and I think in this profession, none of us invented this game, we got it from someone…

Coaches

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Coaching is one thing and one thing only: It is creating an environment so the player has an opportunity to be successful…

Being successful

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