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Chip Kelly

2009-2023Oregon, UCLA

2 schools coached, anchored by UCLA.

Chip Kelly coached 10 seasons, won 66.4%, and posted an average SRS of 13.2. Best season: 2010 Oregon. The profile was offense-first with a highly volatile profile. 2 stints shaped the career arc.

Career record
81-41
Career win rate
66.4%
Average SRS
13.2
Peak SRS
29.6

Career Dossier

One glance at the full arc.

The profile below keeps the headline numbers visible, then moves into tenure shape, school impact, and full season detail.

Seasons coached
10
Career span
15 years
Best finish
#2
Consistency
5.6

Primary school anchor

UCLA

Offense-First profile with 2 program stops and a peak score of 96.5.

Career Arc

Track how the coach's season-to-season performance changed over time, where the peak landed, and where each school stint appears.

Focus on where peaks separate, where floors hold, and how the shape of each career changed over time.

Chip Kelly
EliteStrongAverageLean
Chip Kelly: 2018 UCLA
2009Actual season year • SRS range -4.0 to 29.62023

Active comparison point

Chip Kelly2010

Selected

2010 Oregon

Best seasonBiggest improvement

12-1 • SRS 29.6 • SP Overall 28.2

Win %

92.3%

YoY SRS

+13.7

SP Off / Def

43.5 / 16.0

Finish

#3

Comparison context

Focus a point to inspect how it stacks up against the rest of the field.

Ranked opponent record

Track career record against ranked opponents with switchable poll source and ranking timing.

Using AP Top 25 rankings at the time of each game; week-one games use the week-one ranking release when available.

Poll source
Ranking timing

Top 25

21-17

Games
38
Win rate
55.3%

Top 10

5-9

Games
14
Win rate
35.7%

Top 5

2-3

Games
5
Win rate
40.0%
View ranked game results38
2023 Regular Week 7UCLAOregon State#15L24-36
2023 Regular Week 6UCLAWashington State#13W25-17
2023 Regular Week 4UCLAUtah#11L7-14
2022 Regular Week 12UCLAUSC#7L45-48
2022 Regular Week 8UCLAOregon#10L30-45
2022 Regular Week 6UCLAUtah#11W42-32
2022 Regular Week 5UCLAWashington#15W40-32
2022 Postseason Week 1UCLAPittsburgh#22L35-37
2021 Regular Week 8UCLAOregon#10L31-34
2021 Regular Week 1UCLALSU#16W38-27
2020 Regular Week 15UCLAUSC#16L38-43
2020 Regular Week 12UCLAOregon#11L35-38
2019 Regular Week 12UCLAUtah#8L3-49
2019 Regular Week 9UCLAArizona State#24W42-32
2019 Regular Week 4UCLAWashington State#19W67-63
2019 Regular Week 3UCLAOklahoma#5L14-48
2018 Regular Week 9UCLAUtah#23L10-41
2018 Regular Week 6UCLAWashington#10L24-31
2018 Regular Week 2UCLAOklahoma#6L21-49
2012 Regular Week 13OregonOregon State#16W48-24
2012 Regular Week 12OregonStanford#14L14-17
2012 Regular Week 10OregonUSC#18W62-51
2012 Regular Week 6OregonWashington#23W52-21
2012 Regular Week 4OregonArizona#22W49-0
2012 Postseason Week 1OregonKansas State#12W35-17
2011 Regular Week 12OregonUSC#18L35-38
2011 Regular Week 11OregonStanford#3W53-30
2011 Regular Week 7OregonArizona State#18W41-27
2011 Postseason Week 1OregonWisconsin#10W45-38
2010 Regular Week 13OregonArizona#20W48-29
2010 Regular Week 9OregonUSC#24W53-32
2010 Regular Week 5OregonStanford#9W52-31
2010 Postseason Week 1OregonAuburn#1L19-22
2009 Regular Week 14OregonOregon State#13W37-33
2009 Regular Week 9OregonUSC#4W47-20
2009 Regular Week 4OregonCalifornia#6W42-3
2009 Regular Week 3OregonUtah#18W31-24
2009 Postseason Week 1OregonOhio State#5L17-26

Tenure map

Each stint expands by seasons coached. Deeper color signals a stronger average SRS over that stretch.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger stint

UCLA

2018-20236 seasons

Avg SRS 4.0 • Win % 50.7%

Oregon

2009-20124 seasons

Avg SRS 24.8 • Win % 86.8%

Longest tenure
UCLA • 6 seasons
Best tenure
Oregon • 24.8 SRS
Best tenure win rate
Oregon • 86.8%

Style and Strength Profile

Compare strength, identity, steadiness, and ceiling through normalized bars with raw SP and SRS context underneath.

These bars are normalized against the full coach dataset. Raw SP and SRS values stay visible so the profile reads as evidence, not decoration.

Overall Strength

Start with total quality before splitting style and variance.

Chip Kelly sets the reference point in overall strength.

Overall Strength

Decisive edge

Chip Kelly sets the reference point in overall strength.

Normalized score; raw SP overall stays underneath for reference.

Chip Kelly

Elite

Raw avg SP Overall
15.0
Percentile
94th pct

Elite

Normalized against the full tracked coach pool.

Impact by school

See how each stint compared with what that program usually looked like outside that same span.

UCLA

2018-202335-34

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 4.0Win % 50.7%

Avg wins

Higher is better

5.8 during vs 7.0 baseline

-1.2

Avg SRS

Higher is better

4.0 during vs 10.0 baseline

-6.0

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

6.0 during vs 14.1 baseline

-8.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

16.7% during vs 40.0% baseline

-23.3%

Oregon

2009-201246-7

Compared with this school's baseline outside that stint over the prior 5 seasons (5 baseline seasons found).

Avg SRS 24.8Win % 86.8%

Avg wins

Higher is better

11.5 during vs 8.2 baseline

+3.3

Avg SRS

Higher is better

24.8 during vs 13.5 baseline

+11.3

Avg SP Overall

Higher is better

26.3 during vs 15.1 baseline

+11.1

Ranked finish rate

Higher is better

100.0% during vs 60.0% baseline

+40.0%

Career highs and lows

High Points

Best Season

Oregon 2010

12-1SRS 29.6

Biggest Improvement

Oregon 2010

12-113.7 SRS

Best Offensive Season

Oregon 2012

12-1SP Off 46.4

Best Defensive Season

Oregon 2009

10-3SP Def 15.5

Setbacks

Worst Season

UCLA 2018

3-9SRS -4.0

Biggest Drop

UCLA 2018

3-9-33.1 SRS

Season-by-season results

Full transparency into every season in the coaching record. Positive YoY values indicate improvement from the prior season.

UCLA20231385061.5%7.79.729.618.4-0.7-7.7%
UCLA20221394069.2%#218.415.045.730.1-0.8+2.6%
UCLA20211284066.7%9.29.437.727.8+23.8%
UCLA2020734042.9%+9.5%
UCLA20191248033.3%-1.5-3.928.432.5+2.5+8.3%
UCLA20181239025.0%-4.0-0.430.732.4-33.1-67.3%
Oregon201213121092.3%#5#229.127.246.417.2+4.7+6.6%
Oregon201114122085.7%#3#424.427.246.319.9-5.2-6.6%
Oregon201013121092.3%#11#329.628.243.516.0+13.7+15.4%
Oregon200913103076.9%#16#1115.922.436.215.5

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