Oregon Ducks taking flight
Posted by GameSetMatch on 5th November 2009
By any standard, Chip Kelly’s rise to a national darling has been accomplished with racehorse speed. Just three years ago, he was the offensive coordinator at New Hampshire, not exactly a typical laboratory for high-tech football.
The Wildcats didn’t have a fullback one year, so he conjured up his version of the spread offense. That decision and the precision that Kelly attaches to his coaching landed him in the Pac-10 catbird’s seat.
Hired as offensive coordinator by Oregon coach Mike Bellotti in 2007, Kelly instantly created a vaunted, chain-moving option attack. The Ducks’ quest for a national championship was scuttled that year when quarterback Dennis Dixon blew out his knee, but they’re back in the national picture now in Kelly’s first year as head coach.
Click here to read the full article – By Tom FitzGerald of San Francisco Chronicle
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