Northwestern hires Chip Kelly as OC...

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Northwestern hires veteran coach Kelly as OC

Veteran coach Chip Kelly, who won a national title at Ohio State in 2024 as offensive coordinator, was named OC at Northwestern, the school announced Tuesday.

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[Gophers1992]

Good hire for them IMO

 

[upnorthkid]

seems like a really weird hire. He's far away from the days he was doing things no one else did at Oregon and now post flameouts as head coach at UCLA and as the OC in LV with the middle year spent at OSU where he had 2 2nd round NFL RBs, 3 (likely) 1st round NFL WRs, and 2 2025 draft 1st round OL with a veteran future mid round pick at QB.

I just don't see it being a match as he'll have nowhere near the talent mismatch and plays in an environment you have to be able to pound the rock more (he did this some at UCLA, but then again running the ball in the former P12 is a very different bear than the B10 as Utah showed year after year when they'd beat the finesse teams)

 

[Spaulding!No!]

Great hire for them.

 

[Gopher Ally]

It’s a BIG recycled name, we’ll see how that goes

 

[Gophers7NatTitlesBadgers0]

Can't wait for the usual suspects to chime in about how NW will kill us with the spread offense.