There’s one game left in the season but the Philalephia Eagles decided not to wait and have fired their head coach Chip Kelly.
Official notice from the Eagles:
Today, Jeffrey Lurie, Chairman and CEO of the Philadelphia Eagles, released Head Coach Chip Kelly.
“We appreciate all the contributions that Chip Kelly made and wish him every success going forward,” said Lurie.
Coach Pat Shurmur will be interim head coach for Sunday’s game against the New York Giants.
Ed Marynowitz, vice president of player personnel, was also released. Tom Donahoe, former GM of the Buffalo Bills and director of football operations for the Pittsburgh Steelers and senior football advisor for the Eagles since 2012, will assume the role of senior director of player personnel.
A press conference will be held Wednesday, December 30 at the NovaCare Complex at Noon with Lurie.
Kelly was under heavy criticism for gutting the team including the trade of LeSean McCoy whom accused Kelly of getting rid of “all the good black players”. Kelly’s infamous quick offense which was supposed to be a huge asset to the Eagles hasn’t quite worked out either. He had an overall 26-21 record with the Eagles and was 6-9 this year.
