Why did veteran head coach Chip Kelly leave his gig at UCLA to become Ohio State's OC? The answer may be simpler than you think.
Ahead of making the unprecedented decision to step down from a head-coaching gig at a power conference school to accept a coordinator job, Chip Kelly knew he wanted to scale back his coaching duties following UCLA's bowl game in December. Kelly, who was named Ohio State's offensive coordinator in February, said he enjoyed coaching UCLA's quarterbacks so much ahead of the LA Bowl that he wanted to focus on coaching a specific position again.
' Kelly also cited a John Lennon story for why he made the move, saying that as a boy, Lennon told a teacher of his that he just wanted to be 'happy' when he grew up. 'I just want to be happy,' Kelly said. 'I'm really happy to be coaching a position. I'm really happy at this place. It'd take a really special place for me to leave UCLA.
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