Chip Kelly hired as 49ers head coach

The new Head Coach of the San Francisco 49ers is none other than Chip Kelly.

After a thorough search, Trent & I are thrilled to announce Chip Kelly as the new #HeadCoach of the @49ers

— Jed York (@JedYork) January 14, 2016

The Chip Kelly - Jed York - Trent Baalke relationship should be an interesting one. Just over a year ago, Jim Harbaugh was fired for what many believe to be internal friction between the three, so a reportedly stubborn and bullheaded replacement in Chip Kelly seems like it could be a wild ride.

Kelly finished 26-21 in Philly but after blowing up the roster completely and taking control of personnel in a coup over the last year, results did not come quickly enough for owner Jeff Lurie. I still think that Kelly has some potential as a head coach in this league so it's definitely an interesting hire for San Francisco. There's obviously the old Pac-12 rivalry between Kelly and Pete Carroll as well.

Here is a smattering of reactions to the news from twitter.

49ers got something right this time. I think Chip will learn from his Philly mistakes. And fix Kaep's issues. Fit with Baalke the big test.

— Don Banks (@DonBanks) January 14, 2016

Add in Kaepernick's value as a runner and he's comfortably the best QB Kelly's had since leaving Oregon.

— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) January 14, 2016

Chip Kelly doesn't want personnel control with the 49ers. Then again, he claimed he didn't have it in Philly, the day before he was fired.

— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) January 14, 2016

Thought Chip Kelly was the most talented coach available to the 49ers at this point. But his fit with Baalke? Man, that's going to be wild.

— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) January 14, 2016

A lot of fun sarcasm with York/Baalke/Chip, but will say that Chip is receptive to analytics. That specific attribute will mesh w/ Baalke.

— Zach Whitman (@zjwhitman) January 14, 2016

.@SBNation's @38Godfrey on Chip Kelly, shortly after he was fired in Philly pic.twitter.com/gqfLEUhPiP

— Danny Kelly (@FieldGulls) January 14, 2016

Was told reliably that Chip Kelly considered trading for Kap, so assuming the salary makes sense the partnership could be really good.

— Seth Wickersham (@SethWickersham) January 14, 2016

49ers exec Tom Gamble encouraged initial interview w/ Chip Kelly and assuaged team officials that they would be able to work with Kelly.

— Matt Barrows (@mattbarrows) January 14, 2016

Trent Baalke will maintain his power as the GM in charge of personnel. For the #49ers, Chip Kelly will just coach. Which is good.

— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 14, 2016