Former Oregon coach Chip Kelly is joining ESPN as a studio analyst next season.
Mark Helfrich, fired Tuesday as Oregon's football coach, said he reached out to former coach Chip Kelly a couple of weeks ago when Helfrich's seat heated up, asking Kelly to return to the Ducks.
Despite the Oregon job opening up, former Ducks coach Chip Kelly said he intends to stay with the 49ers.
49ers head coach Chip Kelly is staying put and not returning to coach Oregon or any other college, sources close to Kelly told ESPN's Adam Schefter.
The 49ers and Colin Kaepernick signed a restructuring of his deal, wiping out the final four years and making it a two-year contract with a player option for the second year, sources told ESPN.
The 49ers are making the change at quarterback to Colin Kaepernick for Sunday's game against the Bills, coach Chip Kelly announced Tuesday.
