CLEVELAND -- Oregon's Chip Kelly will not be the next Cleveland Browns coach, according to ESPN's Chris Mortensen.

Sports Illustrated's Peter King also reported that Kelly will choose between the Eagles or going back to Oregon. A league source told the Plain Dealer that Kelly was leaning toward Oregon and that a decision should be made by the end of the day.

Last year, Kelly left the Tampa Bay Bucs at the altar after going deep into negotiations.

As first reported by Jason Cole of Yahoo.com, Browns owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner packed up and flew home today from Arizona without an answer from Kelly, their top candidate for their head coaching vacancy.

Mortensen said the Browns will reboot and restart their coaching search without Kelly, 49, who's been scratched off the list.

The Eagles, who were competing with the Browns for Kelly, also left Arizona and flew to Denver to interview offensive coordinator Mike McCoy.

The Browns have also interviewed Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton and fired Cardinals coach Ken Whisenhunt. Mortensen said today that the Browns really like Whisenhunt, the former Browns special teams coach in 1999. Whisenhunt, 50, was 45-51 in his six seasons in Arizona, including 4-2 in the playoffs. Another coach they interviewed twice, Syracuse's Doug Marrone, was hired by the Bills today.

Ian Rappaport of NFL.com reported that Oregon alum Phil Knight, the Nike founder, was making a big push to keep Kelly at Oregon, where he went 46-7 in his four seasons. He also said the Eagles also sold Kelly on their offensive weapons, including quarterbacks Michael Vick and Nick Foles and their short, fast receivers.