Northwestern hiring legendary 2-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year as OC

The Northwestern Wildcats have officially announced their new offensive coordinator, with their 2025 fall season now in the rearview.

Chip Kelly — the former two-time Pac-12 Coach of the Year and the man widely hailed as the 2010 Coach of the Year in the NCAA (per the Associated Press, the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision head coaches and sports information directors via the Walter Camp subdivision, The Sporting News, The Football Writers Association of America, and the AFCA) — is bringing over three decades of expertise to bear for the Wildcats.