LOS ANGELES -- When Chip Kelly strolled into UCLA's Wasserman Football Center last Wednesday for his second-biggest news conference at his new school, he was looking more beach bum than football coach.
Though many coaches around the country capped national signing day by sporting suits and even some ties during their end-of-day news conferences, Kelly greeted media members in Westwood wearing a charcoal UCLA T-shirt and shorts.
There was no podium. No seats for reporters.
It was as if Kelly was just passing through before stopping to talk for a little more than 12 minutes about his first full recruiting class with the Bruins.