Chip Kelly: Coaching Record, Career, Age

Over the last 15 years, Chip Kelly has bounced back and forth between college football and the NFL more than any other high-profile coach. 

In 2026, Chip Kelly will work as the offensive coordinator at Northwestern. But Chip Kelly’s coaching history covers many decades in virtually every corner of the country. 

Chip Kelly Coaching Record

Chip Kelly is 81-41 as a college football head coach. That includes a 46-7 run at Oregon from 2009-12. He won the Rose Bowl in 2011 and the Fiesta Bowl in 2012.

His NFL head coaching record is a little spottier: 28-35. But to be fair, that record is mostly tanked by one bad season with the 49ers, where he went 2-14 and was quickly fired. 

Chip Kelly Head Coaching Record: Year-by-Year

• 2009 Oregon (10-3) (8-1 Pac-10)
• 2010 Oregon (12-1) (9-0 Pac-10)
• 2011 Oregon (12-2, 8-1 Pac-12)
• 2012 Oregon (12-1, 8-1 Pac-12)
• 2018 UCLA (3-9, 3-6 Pac-12)
• 2019 UCLA (4-8, 4-5 Pac-12)
• 2020 UCLA (3-4, 3-4 Pac-12)
• 2021 UCLA (8-4, 6-3 Pac-12)
• 2022 UCLA (9-4, 6-3 Pac-12)
• 2023 UCLA (8-5, 4-5 Pac-12)

Chip Kelly Career: Offensive Coordinator Positions & Records

Chip Kelly has now been an offensive coordinator with five different teams. Here are the year-by-year records of his teams while he was working as OC:

• 1999 New Hampshire (5-6, 3-5 CAA)
• 2000 New Hampshire (6-5, 4-4 CAA)
• 2001 New Hampshire (4-7, 2-7 CAA)
• 2002 New Hampshire (3-8, 2-7 CAA)
• 2003 New Hampshire (5-7, 3-6 CAA)
• 2004 New Hampshire (11-3, 6-2 CAA)
• 2005 New Hampshire (11-2, 7-1 CAA)
• 2006 New Hampshire (9-4, 5-3 CAA)
• 2007 Oregon (9-4, 5-4 Pac-10)
• 2008 Oregon (10-3, 7-2 Pac-10)
• 2024 Ohio State (14-2, 7-2 Big Ten)
• 2025 Las Vegas Raiders (2-9, fired after Week 12)

Did Chip Kelly Play College Football?

Kelly played college football at Manchester Central as a quarterback and defensive back at the University of New Hampshire.

Chip Kelly’s Age

Kelly was born on Nov. 25, 1963, in Dover, New Hampshire. He is 62 years old.