Chip Kelly: No regrets keeping Riley Coper on team after rant

Chip Kelly already is embroiled in an ongoing controversy related to issues of race, something that has been plaguing the Philadelphia Eagles head coach for several months. The issue of race again became a topic of discussion on Tuesday when Kelly was put in a precarious position when asked if he regretted keeping Riley Cooper on the team two years ago, specifically in light of the recent accusations regarding his allegedly strained relationship with black players.

“I think he regrets what he did that day every single day,” Kelly said of Cooper, via NJ Advanced Media’s Eliot Schor-Parks. “I see that in him. But do I regret what I did in terms of how I handled that? No I don’t.”

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