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Ryan McFadden
LAS VEGAS — The reeling Las Vegas Raiders fired offensive coordinator Chip Kelly on Sunday, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, making the move just 10 games into his first season with the organization.
Kelly’s firing came on the heels of a 24-10 loss to the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, which dropped the Raiders to 2-9 on the season.
It’s the second shakeup to the staff of first-year Raiders coach Pete Carroll this season. The Raiders fired special teams coordinator Tom McMahon on Nov. 7.
Las Vegas now has fired an offensive coordinator midseason for the second straight year. Luke Getsy was let go after nine games in 2024, with Scott Turner taking over in an interim role under then-coach Antonio Pierce.
When Carroll was asked about his relationship with Kelly, he said, «Chip has a world of experience that I’ve counted on throughout.
«We’re always working to continue to grow together as much as we can and be representative. We’ve been disappointed two of the last three weeks with what we’ve done. We had a fantastic week in between that. So, we’re trying to get it right.»
Kelly joined the Raiders’ coaching staff after helping Ohio State win a national title as its offensive coordinator last season. The 61-year-old coach, who reportedly has an average annual salary of $6 million, was meant to fix the Raiders’ offense, which was one of the worst in the league last season.
That plan failed to come to fruition.
Entering Week 12, Las Vegas was 30th in points (15.5), total yards (269), rushing yards (81.4), EPA (minus-61.40) and red zone efficiency (46.2%), respectively.
The Raiders have scored fewer than 10 points in four games — the most in the NFL and tied for their most through nine games in franchise history (1981, 2006 and 2009), per ESPN Research.
