The UCLA Bruins announced they have hired Chip Kelly as their new head football coach.
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UCLA officials met with Kelly on Tuesday, laying the groundwork for this deal to get done. Kelly was also a top candidate for the Florida job, but took himself out of the running on Friday after getting the offer from UCLA.
The Bruins finished their regular season with a 30-27 win over Cal on Friday night, giving them a 6-6 record.
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Kelly is tasked with replacing Jim Mora, who went 46-30 in his six years in charge of the Bruins but was just 28-26 in Pac-12 play and 17-19 overall in the past three seasons.
Kelly spent this season as a college football analyst for ESPN following a one-year stint with the San Francisco 49ers in which he went 2-14. He was extremely successful in his four-year tenure at Oregon from 2009-2012, posting a 46-7 record and leading the Ducks to a BCS bowl game every season. Kelly left Eugene for the Philadelphia Eagles, where he went 26-21 in three seasons before getting fired.
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