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Chip Kelly Praises Raiders HC Pete Carroll, Explains Taking OC Job from OSU, QB Plans

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Nearly a decade removed from his last stint in the NFL, Chip Kelly is rejoining the professional ranks.

The former Ohio State offensive coordinator is taking over as the Las Vegas Raiders offensive coordinator under new head coach Pete Carroll. Kelly and Carroll briefly coached against one another when Kelly was at Oregon and Carroll was at USC, and Kelly had only good things to say about the legendary coach.

"I've got great respect from when I coached against him my first year in the Pac-10 — and I did say Pac-10, that's how long ago it was," Kelly said, per The Athletic's Tashan Reed and Vic Tafur.