Big change in Duckville.

Mike Bellotti gathered his Oregon players for a 10 a.m. meeting Friday. He talked to them about their upcoming exams. He talked about their off-season workouts. He talked about spring practice starting on March 30.
Then he said, "Now's the time for me." And Bellotti, the most successful coach in Oregon history, proceeded to tell them that he would not return for a 15th season and that he was yielding the job to offensive coordinator Chip Kelly.
There was no planned speech. He spoke to his players spontaneously and from the heart. "I sort of broke down a little bit," he said. A day after a transition from Bellotti to Kelly that was first described in theory on Dec. 2 was made concrete, Bellotti said he was "at peace and calm in my soul about this decision."
Mike Bellotti is stepping down as Oregon's football coach to become the school's athletic director, and offensive coordinator Chip Kelly will be promoted to head coach.
Bellotti, who has coached the Ducks for the last 14 seasons, takes over his new position July 1, replacing athletic director Pat Kilkenny. Kelly becomes coach on March 30, the opening day of spring practice, the school announced Friday. The moves first were announced in December, but no timetable was set for the transition. Bellotti will serve in the interim as senior counselor to Kilkenny, who will step down June 30.