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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 stops shaped the career arc.

Career Record

81-41

Career Win %

66.4%

Seasons

10

Career Span

15 years

Average SRS

13.2

Peak SRS

29.6

Best Finish

#2

Consistency

5.6

Higher = steadier

Career Arc

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

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

Chip Kelly
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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.

School Tenures

Each stop is sized by tenure length. Richer fill reflects a stronger average SRS at that school.

Length = seasons coachedDeeper color = stronger tenure

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 %

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

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Raw avg SP Overall: 15.0

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Impact by School

See how each stop compared with what that program usually looked like outside this tenure.

UCLA

2018-202335-34

Compared with this school's baseline outside the tenure 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 the tenure 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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