ORLANDO, Fla. -- Long before the head coaching job at Oregon was available, San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly said he had no plans to leave his current job. Now that the Ducks have fired coach Mark Helfrich and officially have an opening, nothing has changed.
On Wednesday, Kelly was asked again whether he planned to stay with the Niners, Kelly repeatedly nodded in the affirmative before providing a response.
"Yep," Kelly said. "So we're all done with that, I hope."
Asked if there's any chance he will return to Oregon, Kelly shook his head and said simply "no.