Report: Florida meets with Chip Kelly about head coaching job

Florida has seemingly zeroed in on Chip Kelly to be the program's next football coach.

The Gators met with Kelly about the vacant job Sunday, according to a person familiar with the situation. The person said athletic director Scott Stricklin and five key staffers met with Kelly in New Hampshire. The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the Gators are not publicly discussing the coaching search.

Stricklin and his assistants flew in and out of Ocala, Florida, about a half hour from Florida's campus.

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"We continue to have very productive conversations related to our football team," Stricklin told reporters at the airport late Sunday. "We've got a process we're going through. There will probably be some more productive conversations in the days ahead. Lot of interest in the job."

Stricklin vowed to make Florida fun again when he parted ways with coach Jim McElwain last month.

Kelly's high-octane, spread scheme would do it.