Article: Final play call: pass the torch.(Football Oregon)(After 14 years and 116 victories as Oregon's winningest coach, Mike Bellotti decides the time is right for a change at the top)

Byline: UO FOOTBALL By Rob Moseley The Register-Guard

He wavered somewhat over the last few weeks, but ultimately Mike Bellotti came to a decision Thursday night that dawned on him two years ago and that he truly came to embrace in late December.

Comfortable with his legacy as Oregon's football coach, and with an eye toward the long-term health of both his program and his personal life, Bellotti on Thursday determined that 14 years coaching the Ducks was enough.

The next morning, he told first his fellow coaches and then his players that offensive coordinator Chip Kelly would become head coach when spring practice begins March 30, with Bellotti ...

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