49ers announce Chip Kelly as head coach

The San Francisco 49ers have their man.

Team CEO Jed York announced Thursday that the 49ers have hired Chip Kelly as their next head coach.

It's a second chance for Kelly, who started his NFL career hot, leading the Philadelphia Eagles to consecutive 10-win seasons, but flamed out in somewhat spectacular fashion this season.

With Trent Baalke remaining as the 49ers' general manager, it's likely Kelly won't have final say over personnel decisions - something that may have doomed his tenure with the Eagles.

Kelly will instead focus on applying his unique offensive scheme to an offense that features the mobile and strong-armed Colin Kaepernick at quarterback and Carlos Hyde, Torrey Smith, and Anquan Boldin at the skill positions.