Sources: Ohio State to work with UCLA’s Kelly as OC

• Pete Thamel, ESPNFeb 9, 2024, 02:18 PM ET

UCLA coach Chip Kelly is expected to end up being the next offending organizer at Ohio State, sources informed ESPN on Friday. UCLA announced that Kelly is leaving the program which a national look for a new head coach has actually begun.Kelly is expected

to change Expense O’Brien, who is set to end up being the head coach at Boston College later on in the day. Ohio State had actually hired O’Brien in mid-January as part of head coach Ryan Day’s move to no longer call plays and to run the program more holistically.Ohio State will need to pay a$ 1.5 million buyout for Kelly, sources said.Kelly went 35-34 during six seasons at UCLA, concluding his tenure with 3 consecutive winning projects. He ends up being the fourth college head coach in this cycle to leave a head-coaching task for an assistant spot, signing up with Jeff Hafley(Packers), Mo Linguist(Alabama)and Kane Wommack( Alabama). Editor’s Picks 2 Associated”I wish to regards thank Chip for his service to UCLA Football and our student-athletes throughout the previous 6 seasons and

want the very best to him and his other half Jill moving forward,”UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond said in a statement.Kelly has talked to for multiple NFL coordinator jobs in the cycle, consisting of most just recently the Seattle Seahawks ‘OC position.

He rather turns to college, where he’ll reunite with Buckeyes coach Ryan Day, his long time pal and former assistant coach. Kelly has a decades-long relationship with Day, as both are from New Hampshire. Kelly coached Day in college at New Hampshire, and Day worked for Kelly in the NFL with the Eagles and 49ers. Kelly has actually long been considered as a gifted playcaller, having actually functioned as a long time offensive organizer and innovator at New Hampshire and Oregon

. As Kelly moved on to end up being the head coach at Oregon and after that in the NFL, he stayed the playcaller, and along the method his offenses moved from breakneck pace to a more deliberate NFL style.He will call the offense for a strong roster that includes transfer quarterback Will Howard, tailbacks TreVeyon Henderson and Quinshon Judkins, and receiver Emeka Egbuka.