Yesterday, the Philadelphia Eagles announced that Oregon’s Chip Kelly would be their new head coach. In November, I provided my thoughts on Kelly and Chris Brown wrote his definitive piece on Kelly’s offensive system, a must read.

One of the biggest knocks on Kelly is that he has no prior NFL experience, as either a player or assistant coach. The goal of this post is to compile a list — this is where you come in, please chime in using the comments feature — of all first-time NFL head coaches with no prior NFL experience.

Note that Steve Spurrier (former player), Nick Saban (former Browns defensive coordinator) and Bobby Petrino (former Jaguars offensive coordinator) don’t count. So who does? So far, here is the running list, which will be updated once new names are established.

— Chip Kelly (Eagles 2013) – college player, assistant/HC for 23 years (last at Oregon)
— Mike Riley (Chargers 1999) – college player, assistant/HC for 24 years (last at Oregon State)
— Dennis Erickson (Seahawks 1995) – college player, college assistant/HC for 26 years (last at Miami)
— Barry Switzer (Cowboys 1994) – college player, college assistant/HC for 28 years (last with Oklahoma)
— Jimmy Johnson (Cowboys 1989) – college assistant/HC for 25 years (last at Miami)
— Darryl Rogers (Lions 1985) – college player, college assistant/HC for 24 years (last at Arizona State)
— Ron Meyer (Patriots 1982) — Dallas Cowboys scout (1971-2), college assistant/HC for 15 years (last at SMU)
— Frank Kush (Colts 1982) – college player, college assistant/HC for 25 years (Arizona State), CFL HC for one year
— Bud Wilkinson (Cardinals 1978) – college player, college assistant/HC for 26 years (last with Oklahoma but retired for 15 years)
— Lou Holtz (Jets 1976) – college player, college assistant/HC for 16 years (last at NC State)
— John McKay (Buccaneers 1976) – college player, college assistant/HC for 26 years (last with USC)
— Chuck Fairbanks (Patriots 1973) – college player, college assistant/HC for 18 years (last with Oklahoma)
— Bill Peterson (Oilers 1972) – high school coach, college HC for 12 years (last with Rice)
— Dan Devine (Packers 1971) – college player, college assistant/HC for 21 years (last with Missouri)
— Tommy Prothro (Rams 1971) – college QB, college assistant/HC for 29 years (last at UCLA)

I’ll also note that Lane Kiffin, John Robinson, Greg Schiano, Dick Vermeil, and Tom Coughlin did have some NFL coaching experience before becoming head coaches.