"Chip Kelly, who was in negotiations to become the Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach, has changed his mind and decided to stay at the University of Oregon, according to several news reports.

The Register Guard in Oregon and ESPN were among the outlets to report Kelly had decided early today to stay in the college ranks.

The Bucs were in negotiations Kelly, a source with knowledge of the search told The Tampa Tribune on Sunday night.

Though no candidates were been eliminated, the Bucs had identified Kelly as their lead candidate and were in preliminary contract talks, the source said."