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Chip Kelly to Be Fired by 49ers: Latest Details, Comments and Reaction
- Updated: January 1, 2017
Chip Kelly’s tenure with the San Francisco 49ers will end after just one season following Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks.
Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the 49ers are expected to fire Kelly when the team has meetings either on Sunday after the season finale or Monday. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport also reported the 49ers are expected to fire Kelly.
The 49ers hired Kelly after he spent three seasons as the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles. He finished a combined 20-12 in his first two campaigns in the City of Brotherly Love and reached the playoffs in his first year, but he was just 6-9 in 2015. He was fired before the Week 17 game that season.
Philadelphia’s downturn under Kelly was about more than just the record.
Kevin Patra of NFL.com wrote: “It all came crashing down on Kelly in 2015 after he wrestled personnel control away from the front office. Several of his headline-making moves backfired, including shipping …
