Chip Kelly’s curiosity in returning to the NFL seems to be getting extra severe. The UCLA coach interviewed on Tuesday with the Seattle Seahawks for his or her offensive coordinator opening, based on The Ringer’s Benjamin Solak.
Kelly, 60, would give new Seahawks coach Mike Macdonald an skilled play-caller who has run productive offenses within the NFL (with the Philadelphia Eagles and San Francisco 49ers) and school (Oregon). Seattle’s earlier OC, Shane Waldron, left to take the identical place with the Chicago Bears.
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Seattle has additionally checked out Alabama‘s Ryan Grubb (previously of Washington), New York Giants OC Mike Kafka and Detroit Lions assistant Tanner Engstrand as candidates for its opening.
Kelly has been talked about amongst NFL circles in latest weeks regardless of signing a contract extension with the Bruins final 12 months that runs by means of the 2027 season. He would certainly take a pay lower from his $6 million annual wage at UCLA to take a coordinator place within the professionals. But judging from the quantity of chatter concerning Kelly’s NFL curiosity, it seems that he’s very curious about getting out of school soccer.
Final season, UCLA went 8–5 general, and tied for sixth place within the Pac-12 with a 4–5 convention file.
However successful figures to be harder subsequent season with the Bruins shifting to the Massive Ten, becoming a member of USC, Oregon and Washington. That, along with NIL and the switch portal altering the school soccer panorama, could also be compelling Kelly to pursue an NFL return.
