Oregon believes Kelly is a longterm Duck

The ink was barely dry on Rob Mullens' new contract to become Oregon's athletic director when he faced what perhaps will be considered the most important task of his tenure, even a decade down the road: Make football coach Chip Kelly happy. It was the summer of 2010, and there was a general feeling among the pooh bahs of Oregon sports -- most notably Nike founder Phil Knight and millionaire former AD Pat Kilkenny -- that Kelly sticking around for the longterm in Eugene was the best chance for the football program to experience longterm success, a condition that keeps a department with an $80 million budget afloat.

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