Chip Kelly is in his 2nd year as head coach of the Oregon Ducks football team. Overall, Kelly has been at the Pac 10 Conference school for four seasons. His first two years at the school were spent as the team's offensive coordinator.http://oregon.rivals.com/viewcoach.asp?coach=1972&sport=1&year=2009#bio

Kelly graduated from the University of New Hampshire, majoring in physical education. He began his coaching career a few months later at Columbia University and stayed there for two years before returning to the New Hampshire Wildcats in 1992 as an assistant on offense. He coached a year at Johns Hopkins University before going back to New Hampshire where he stayed before becoming part of the Oregon football staff in 2007.http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=803271&Q_SEASON=2010

Until being hired to be head coach at Oregon, he had never been a head coach on any level of college football.http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=803271&Q_SEASON=2010Prior to Oregon, Kelly coached at the UNH Wildcats from 1994-2006, the latter eight seasons as that school's offensive coordinator. He also coached the running backs and the offensive line in the early part of his career at New Hampshire. At Johns Hopkins in 1993, he was the defensive coordinator.http://oregon.rivals.com/viewcoach.asp?coach=1972&sport=1&year=2009#bio .http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=803271&Q_SEASON=2010

During the 2005 season, New Hampshire averaged nearly 42 points per game. The 2008 Oregon offense also averaged nearly 42 points a game, including 65 against arch-rival Oregon State. Kelly's philosophy is, essentially, attack the defense. http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=803271&Q_SEASON=2010

Oregon's 2009 season, Kelly's inaugural campaign as head coach, not only saw offensive success, but total team success, as well. Oregon won the 2009 Pac 10 Conference championship.http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=803271&Q_SEASON=2010 It was the first time in conference history that a head coach had won the conference championship in his first year. As a result, Oregon went to the 2010 Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, for the first time since 1995. He was named 2009 Pac 10 Coach of the Year.http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=3376&SPID=233&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=803271&Q_SEASON=2010