49ers coach Chip Kelly says he has no interest in Oregon job

Tonight, Oregon broke from that pattern and fired Mark Helfrich.

“Now we turn to identifying and securing the next head coach of OR football”, OR athletic director Rob Mullens said Tuesday night.

“We’re going to have a broad, diverse pool of candidates”, Mullens said.

“Our pool will be broad and diverse”, Mullens said. “I’m not putting a timeline on the search, but we’ll work efficiently”. He has experience coaching in the NFL and in major college football.

Beau Baldwin, Eastern Washington head coach: Ninth-year coach of the Eagles has a career record of 83-31. That was part of a five-game losing streak that followed a 2-0 start for the then-22nd-ranked squad. Helfrich with with the Oregon Ducks since 2009 when he was brought on board as Offensive Coordinator to then Head Coach Chip Kelly. The Knights are 6-6 and eligible for a bowl in his first season as coach. So may Boise State’s Bryan Harsin. If they don’t land Kelly, Oregon will be expected to go after Florida coach Jim McElwain, who is from the Northwest and has guided the Gators to two SEC East titles in two seasons.

Mark Helfrich is doing the limbo after the Ducks finished the season 4-8 overall and 2-7 in the Pac-12.

That was when OR wasn’t officially vacant and San Francisco was only 1-6, not 1-10. Maybe Lane Kiffin would be worth a look. He was reportedly okay with paying $10 million per year for a coach, a hypothetical salary figure which would be the highest in the nation. The Ducks had won at least nine games in eight consecutive seasons prior to this one.

Even if Kelly wishes to remain with the 49ers, CEO Jed York must decide whether retaining him as coach is the best long-term move for the organization. It was the Ducks’ worst season since 1991 (3-8) and marks the first time since 2004 that they won’t appear in a bowl game.

Helfrich is confident defensive coordinator Brady Hoke can make significant progress if given a second chance. The Broncos are averaging 44.8 points per game this season. Spent previous five seasons as an assistant at East Carolina from 2010-14.

Brooks, who coached the Ducks from 1977-94, was hired when the Ducks dismissed Don Read in 1976. Email steve.mims@registerguard.com.

After missing most of the Ducks’ run to the Elite Eight last season because of a foot injury, sixth-year senior Dylan Ennis, a graduate transfer from Villanova, is still getting acclimated to his teammates. Resorting to fouls, OR went to the line two more times, hitting three and extending their late lead. On the road against Utah, the 12th-ranked team in the country, OR played like a team with pride and something to lose.

2014: This season was the crown jewel of Helfrich’s run and the history of the program. The Ducks are 53-26-3 ATS in their last 82 games following a ATS win however, just 1-4 ATS in their last 5 home games. “We did not win enough games, that is blunt”.

While mired in the losing streak, the Ducks benched Prukop in favor of freshman Justin Herbert, who in the end was one of the few bright spots in an otherwise dismal season.

“When you take this job, or you have a job like this, that’s how it goes”, Helfrich said after Oregon lost 34-24 to Oregon State in Saturday’s Civil War. He is a great guy and a hell of an offensive coordinator, but he isn’t the coach OR needs to get back to the elite level.