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If Chip Kelly is fired at UCLA, Bruins and Trojans will both have coaching openings

If Chip Kelly gets fired, UCLA will have to think about how to battle USC and everyone else in the Big Ten with a new coach.

According to a report by 247Sports, the expectation around the UCLA program is that head coach Chip Kelly will be fired.

“I think I’ve done great,” Kelly said.

The statement came following a question about the coach’s near six-year tenure as the leader of UCLA’s football program. Despite the fact that the USC game is just days away, a majority of Kelly’s time with media this week is being spent answering questions about the past.

If Kelly is fired, USC and UCLA will both have major job openings — USC at defensive coordinator, UCLA at head coach and, by extension, every position on staff.

It’s worth exploring which candidates UCLA should consider. Let’s take an early look, reminding ourselves that if USC beats UCLA, Kelly’s firing is guaranteed. If UCLA pulls the upset, Kelly might have a slight chance of saving his job at the 11th hour.

UCLA insiders say Chip Kelly will likely be fired, has lost support of power brokers

Chip Kelly is expected to be fired, and a win over USC might not be enough to save him.

As USC prepares to face UCLA, the big story is not the Pac-12 championship, or the Rose Bowl, or the College Football Playoff, or the New Year’s Six. It’s whether Chip Kelly will be fired by UCLA. USC’s defensive coordinator search will intensify after this game, but while Lincoln Riley looks for his most important assistant heading into the Big Ten, the Bruins are wondering if they are about to begin a new head coaching search.

UCLA insiders and people who follow the program closely are generally in alignment on this point: They believe that Chip Kelly is more likely to be fired than not. Kelly might not be done, but even if he beats USC on Saturday, his odds of returning as UCLA head coach for 2024 would be 50-50 at best.

Let’s go into the reportage and analysis of UCLA journalists and experts to flesh out this situation and then offer some added notes USC fans (and all college football fans) will appreciate: