Mark Helfrich had a strong indication he would be fired as Oregon’s head coach. And he said he told Chip Kelly recently he would have no hard feelings if Kelly left the 49ers to return to coach the Ducks.
Kelly this week said he is not interested in abandoning his job with the 49ers to coach in the college ranks. Helfrich suggested during a radio interview on Friday that Kelly told him the same thing privately.
When it was suggested that Kelly hated to recruit, Helfrich did not disagree.
"That's a fact," Helfrich said in an interview on ESPN Radio's Russillo and Kanell.