Kelly's Eagles staff includes Sports Science Coordinator

Lindsay H. Jones, USA TODAY Sports | USATODAY

New Philadelphia Eagles coach Chip Kelly at last has unveiled his full coaching staff, and it includes one coach with an interesting title.

Shaun Huls will serve as the Eagles' "Sports Science Coordinator" – a job separate from strength and conditioning. Huls, according to the Eagles, previously was the strength, conditioning and "combatives" coordinator for Navy Special Warfare.

In other words, Huls joins the Eagles after training Navy SEALs.

That should bring instant credibility when Kelly, new strength coach Josh Hingst and Huls start working with Eagles players during the voluntary offseason program that begins in April.

Kelly on Friday announced a staff of 22 assistants, including new defensive coordinator Bill Davis, who most recently coached the Cleveland Browns' linebackers, and former Browns head coach Pat Shurmur as offensive coordinator. Shurmur has been on board for several weeks, though Kelly waited until the full staff was assembled to make a formal announcement.

Two of Andy Reid's assistants were retained on Kelly's staff – tight ends coach Ted Williams, who has been with the Eagles since 1995, and running backs coach Duce Staley. Staley, a former Eagles running back, previously was a special teams quality control coach.

Half of Kelly's assistant coaches most recently worked as college coaches.

Since the Eagles lured Kelly away from Oregon last month, the NFL world has been wondering how Kelly would implement his innovative college system, with his high-paced practices and up-tempo offense, in the NFL.

Hiring Huls appears to be part of that plan. While other teams have dabbled with alternative training programs -- the Denver Broncos, for example, gutted their training room after hiring a new strength coach last year -- the Eagles are thought to be the first to add a Sports Science Coordinator in an official capacity.

Kelly has previous experience with Navy SEAL training. In 2011, he put his Oregon team through a program called "Judgment Day" led by a former SEALs trainer, and in 2010 told The New York Times how much he admired military-style training.