Woodward signed Kelly to a 10-year, $95 million contract back in 2021 when it lured him away from Notre Dame, where he won 92 games, four bowl games, and appeared in one BCS national championship game, which was later vacated. In three-plus seasons, Kelly had a 34-14 record with three bowl wins but zero College Football Playoff appearances.

UCLA might have to look at all options for turning its program around, even calling Brian Kelly to kick the tires and see if he's interested

Despite his shortcomings, now that we're four years removed from the era, Brian Kelly did some important work for Notre Dame