Brian Kelly reportedly was mulling a move to the NFL.

According to RosterWatch.com, Kelly has been "looking for a way out" and a source told the site he interviewed for the Chicago Bears head-coaching job.

Kelly has been the head coach at Notre Dame since the 2010 season. He has gone 69-34 as the head coach of the Irish and 4-3 in bowl games. In 2012 he took his team to the BCS Championship game but was blown out by Alabama. Prior to his run at Notre Dame he went 34-6 at Cincinnati in four seasons and 19-16 in three years at Central Michigan.

His early success began at Grand Valley State where he was head coach between 1991 and 2003. His team won five conference titles and two NCAA Division II championships.

While NFL teams typically announce who they are interviewing for their head-coaching jobs, it is rare for them to announce the names of college coaches in order to prevent any turmoil during recruiting should the coach not get the job with the organization.

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Instead of going with Kelly for the job, the Bears opted to hire Matt Nagy as the 16th head coach of the organization on January 8.