Bellotti

[Shellin]

I just saw on the bottom line that Oregon's Head Coach Mike Bellotti is stepping down and will take over as Oregon's AD starting July 1st. Enter the Chip Kelly era for the Ducks. I didn't see a link yet on ESPN or anywhere, looks like it just was announced.

[DuckDuckGriz]

Just got my third or fourth text message on this. Surprised no one has announced it yet.

I am glad both Mikey B and Chip Kelley will be in Eugene in the coming years.

[Franks Tanks]

I just saw on the bottom line that Oregon's Head Coach Mike Bellotti is stepping down and will take over as Oregon's AD starting July 1st. Enter the Chip Kelly era for the Ducks. I didn't see a link yet on ESPN or anywhere, looks like it just was announced.

There were rumors about this for weeks-- I did think he would want one more year however

[UNHWildCats]

EUGENE, Ore. -- Mike Bellotti is stepping down as Oregon (http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/clubhouse?teamId=2483)'s football coach to become the school's athletic director, and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly will be promoted to head coach.



Bellotti, who has coached the Ducks for the last 14 seasons, takes over his new position July 1, replacing athletic director Pat Kilkenny. Kelly becomes coach on March 30, the opening day of spring practice.


The moves first were announced in December, but no timetable was set for the transition.

Bellotti will serve in the interim as senior counselor to Kilkenny, who will step down June 30.


Oregon's athletic department scheduled a news conference Saturday to discuss the transition. Bellotti would not comment until then.

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=3977901

[bluehenbillk]

I like Kelly's offense, now he'll get ALL the credit or ALL the blame.