Head Football Coach Chip Kelly Signs Contract Extension Through 2027

LOS ANGELES – Chip Kelly has signed a contract extension to remain head football coach at UCLA through 2027, it was announced today by Martin Jarmond, the Alice and Nahum Lainer Family Director of Athletics.

Kelly has guided the program to an increased winning percentage in each of his five seasons and is coming off a campaign that saw the Bruins ranked in the final AP Top 25 and AFCA Coaches Poll (both No. 21) for the first time since 2014, earning a berth in the Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl.

"I am excited about our football program under the leadership of Coach Kelly and his talented staff," said Jarmond. "The football program is on an upward trajectory, both on the field and in the classroom. Coach Kelly and his staff have done a tremendous job developing young men as demonstrated by their academic excellence."

The 2022 team became the first in program history to average more than 500 yards of total offense. It finished fourth in the nation at 503.6, a rate aided by seven outputs of more than 500 yards. It was a balanced effort for UCLA, which was the only FBS team with 3,463 passing yards and 3,084 rushing yards.

The ground attack was especially potent, as running back Zach Charbonnet led the charge behind an offensive-line unit regarded as one of the nation's best. The Bruins put up 237.2 rushing yards per game, a mark that ranked sixth nationally and first in the Pac-12. Individually, Charbonnet averaged a conference-best 135.9 rushing yards and an FBS-leading 168.0 all-purpose yards.

Under Kelly's tutelage, signal caller Dorian Thompson-Robinson etched his name in the UCLA record book. Across Thompson-Robinson's school-record 48 starts at quarterback, he set new career standards for completions (860), touchdown passes (88), total touchdowns (116) passing yards (10,710), quarterback rushing yards (1,826), and total offense (12,536 yards).

The Bruins held teams to 130.3 rushing yards per game. Five opponents failed to reach the century mark, with Bowling Green managing just 37 yards on the ground and 161 overall. Six of UCLA's 2022 regular-season counterparts, including the Golden Eagles, competed in bowl games. Edge rusher Laiatu Latu, who was named a College Football Comeback Player of the Year Award winner in his first year since transferring from the University of Washington, logged 10.5 sacks and three forced fumbles.

Following a 2021 season that saw UCLA finish 8-4, six of its players were selected during the 2022 NFL draft. No other Pac-12 program had more than four picked. Nine total Bruins from the 2021 group were on active rosters, practice squads and reserve lists at the conclusion of the 2022 NFL regular season.

For his work in the classroom, wide receiver Jake Bobo earned a First Team spot on the 2022 CSC Academic All-America® Team. He represents the first Bruin since Chris Joseph in 2007 to achieve that honor. Bobo, long snapper Jack Landherr IV, linebacker Carson Schwesinger and wide receiver Matt Sykes were previously tabbed to the All-District® Team. Kelly's teams have exceeded the previous program record of 43 UCLA Athletic Director's Honor Roll members in each of the past nine quarters.