In this Jan. 1, 2017, file photo, San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly speaks at a news conference after the team's game against the Seattle Seahawks. A person familiar with the situation says Florida met with Kelly about becoming the team's next football coach. Athletic director Scott Stricklin and five key staffers met with Kelly in New Hampshire on Sunday. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
The search for a new Florida football coach continues but one of the candidates is apparently out of the mix.
Former Oregon coach Chip Kelly is out of the mix, according to published reports. UF athletic director Scott Stricklin said Friday night he would not address those reports.
"We're going to end up in a good place," he said. "The search is ongoing. There are a lot of agents putting a lot of information out there."
Florida sent a team of six to Kelly's home in New Hampshire on Sunday, but multiple sources told The Sun there was never a job offer. Sources also told The Sun that UF has been vetting several candidates and that assumptions it had settled on one person were not true.
Because Kelly was the only one of those candidates who was not dealing with an ongoing season, he was the only one Florida was able to talk to directly.
Kelly, 53, is expected to be named the next coach at UCLA, returning to the Pac-12.
Yahoo.com first reported the story that Florida has moved past the possibility of considering Kelly for the vacant job.
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