5 things to know about Raiders offensive coordinator Chip Kelly

The Las Vegas Raiders on Tuesday announced Chip Kelly as the team's new offensive coordinator.

Here are five things to know about the Raiders' newest addition to the 2025 coaching staff.

1. Leaving with a Ring

Kelly joins the Silver and Black after spending the 2024 season as the offensive coordinator at Ohio State. He helped the Buckeyes tie for 14th in the FBS in scoring offense (35.7 points per game). Ohio State became the first program to beat five different top five opponents in the same season and finished off a 14-2 campaign by winning the College Football Playoff. All four of their playoff wins were decided by 10+ points.

2. Back in the NFL

Kelly is re-entering the NFL coaching ranks for the third time in his career and first since 2016. He previously worked as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles (2013-15) and San Francisco 49ers (2016).

In Philadelphia, Kelly took over after a 4-12 season and won 10 games in his first year as head coach. He became just the second head coach in league history to win a division title in his first season in the NFL.

Over Kelly's three seasons at the helm, the Eagles ranked third in the NFL in points per game (26.9) and total offense (392.8 yards per game), and fourth in rushing yards per game (131.3). Kelly won 10 games in each of his first two seasons and set franchise records for points scored in both 2013 and 2014.

3. Connection with Carroll

Kelly and Raiders Head Coach Pete Carroll are no strangers. While Carroll coached at USC from 2001-09, Kelly coached in-conference as Oregon's offensive coordinator from 2007-08 and as head coach from 2009-12.

When Carroll jumped to the NFL to become the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, the two stayed in touch. In fact, Kelly reportedly used one of his bye weeks at Oregon to visit with Carroll in Seattle and learn about the Seahawks program.

4. An Experienced Staff

In his introductory press conference, Carroll mentioned his interest in pulling from different places to build out his coaching staff.

"I'm really looking for people that have been with me, that understand the philosophy to some extent," he said. "I want guys that have never been around me before so they have to learn what we're all about and we can watch the process of them learning what we're all about and what we expect. Then I'm hoping that we can maintain some of the terrific coaches that are on the staff, too, so we can have the benefit of the insights that they bring and the continuity that they can generate for us. So, it's a combination of people that we're looking for. But it's all going to fall back into the same thing. We want ball people. We want guys that love the game."

Now with Kelly and defensive coordinator Patrick Graham on staff, the Raiders have an experienced trio leading the team. Kelly has 34 years of coaching experience including four as an NFL head coach. Graham adds 23 years of experience with 16 coming at the professional level. Carroll has spent 30 of his 49 years as a coach in the NFL. That's 106 years of coaching experience and 50 years solely in the NFL among the Raiders head coach and coordinators.

5. Defense to Offense

While Kelly is known as an offensive-minded coach, he actually began his coaching career on the defensive side of the ball. After playing quarterback and defensive back for the University of New Hampshire, he took his first job in coaching as a defensive backs/special teams coach at Columbia in 1990. Three years later, he became Johns Hopkins' defensive coordinator, a role he held for one season. Since that job in 1993, Kelly has only worked as a head coach or on the offensive side of the ball.

He coached for 17 years before earning his first Power 5 job as Oregon's offensive coordinator in 2007 and eventually the Ducks' head coach position in 2009. Kelly went 46-7 (.868) in four seasons at Oregon, becoming the first coach in school history to guide the program to three undisputed conference championships (2009-11). The Ducks scored 44.7 points per game under Kelly and led the FBS in 25-yard passing plays (220) and 25-yard rushes (110).