Chip Kelly |
According to Adam Schefter of ESPN (via Twitter), Kelly signed a 5-year, $32.5 million contract with the Eagles. Of the coaches whose salaries are known, only five NFL coaches made more in 2012 than the $6.5 million average annual value of Kelly's contract.
And Kelly's new salary is a considerable increase over what he was making at Oregon. In fact, it would have taken Kelly 12 years at his 2012 salary ($2.8 million) to make what he will make in just five years with the Eagles.
Kelly may have had more job security at Oregon, but there are not a lot of people that choose security over a 132% increase in salary.