Chip Kelly agrees on 5-year, $23.3 million contract to be UCLA coach
by Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times
Nov 25, 2017
4 minutes
LOS ANGELES - UCLA has hired former Oregon coach Chip Kelly, the Bruins' top choice to replace Jim Mora.
School officials confirmed the move Saturday morning, announcing that Kelly had agreed to a five-year contract worth $23.3 million with a $9 million reciprocal buyout. Kelly will be introduced during a news conference on campus Monday afternoon.
The deal represents the most tantalizing hire in the history of UCLA's football program, given that Kelly guided Oregon to the national championship game after the 2010 season as well as three conference titles in his four years at the school.
The Bruins have not won a conference title since 1998,
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