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- Ohio State
- Updated: Dec. 30, 2025, 9:33 a.m.
- Published: Dec. 30, 2025, 9:32 a.m.
ARLINGTON, Texas — Former Ohio State shot adjunct Chip Kelly is returning to nan Big Ten.
Northwestern — a squad connected OSU’s 2026 schedule — has hired nan seasoned coach arsenic its adjacent violative coordinator.
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Kelly astir precocious served arsenic nan violative coordinator for nan Las Vegas Raiders. However, aft a 2-9 start, he was fired.
Kelly’s coaching profession started successful 1990 arsenic an adjunct astatine Columbia University. After various stops arsenic a position coach moving connected either broadside of nan ball, he sewage his first gig arsenic an violative coordinator astatine New Hampshire (1999-2006).
While there, he overlapped pinch Ryan Day — Ohio State’s caput coach who played backmost nether Kelly.
Kelly near New Hampshire successful 2007 to service arsenic Oregon’s violative coordinator. Following a mates years successful that role, he was promoted to caput coach (2009-12).
Since he near nan Ducks, Kelly has worked successful nan NFL for nan Eagles and 49ers, been UCLA’s caput coach and reunited pinch Day to service arsenic Ohio State’s violative coordinator successful 2024.
Kelly helped lead nan Buckeyes to a nationalist title past season.
Ohio State’s hunt for an violative coordinator is ongoing aft Brian Hartline was hired arsenic South Florida’s caput coach earlier this month.
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