Dan Lanning

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Dan Lanning
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamOregon
ConferencePac-12
Record0–0
Biographical details
Born (1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 35)
North Kansas City, Missouri
Playing career
2004–2007William Jewell
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2010Park Hill South HS (MO) (ST/DB/WR)
2011Pittsburgh (GA)
2012Arizona State (GA)
2013Arizona State (RC)
2014Sam Houston State (DB/co-RC)
2015Alabama (GA)
2016–2017Memphis (ILB/RC)
2018Georgia (OLB)
2019–2021Georgia (DC/OLB)
2022–presentOregon
Head coaching record
Overall0–0

Dan Lanning (born April 10, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at the University of Oregon. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at the University of Georgia from 2019 to 2021.

Lanning played college football at William Jewell College as a linebacker from 2004 to 2007. Prior to his tenure at Oregon, he held various assistant coaching positions at Park Hill South High School in Kansas City, Missouri, the University of Pittsburgh, Arizona State University, Sam Houston State University, the University of Alabama, the University of Memphis and the University of Georgia.

Playing career[]

Lanning played linebacker at William Jewell College in Missouri from 2004 to 2007. While attending William Jewell, he lived in a house on Elizabeth Street and was roommates with Trent Figg, now the associate head coach at Hawaii.[1]

Coaching career[]

Early career[]

After his playing career at William Jewell ended, Lanning spent three seasons working at Park Hill South High School as the special teams coordinator, defensive backs coach, and wide receivers coach. Aspiring to be an NCAA Division I football coach, Lanning drove thirteen hours to Pittsburgh to convince the coaching staff led by Todd Graham, who he had met at coaching clinics attended by the Park Hill South staff at Tulsa.[2] He was subsequently hired as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh for one season before following Graham to Arizona State as a graduate assistant. He was promoted in 2013 to the on-campus recruiting coordinator.[3] He was hired away to be the defensive backs coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Sam Houston State in March 2014.[4] He spent 2015 as a graduate assistant at Alabama, where the Crimson Tide defeated Clemson 45–40 in the CFP National Championship game.

Lanning was hired to be the inside linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator at Memphis in December 2015, reuniting with Mike Norvell who was the offensive coordinator at Arizona State when Lanning was a graduate assistant and on-campus recruiting coordinator.[5][6]

Georgia[]

Lanning was hired in 2018 by Georgia as the outside linebackers coach.[7]

After Bulldogs defensive coordinator Mel Tucker left to accept the head coaching position at Colorado after the 2018 season, Lanning was promoted to defensive coordinator in addition to his duties as the outside linebackers coach.[8]

Following Georgia's victory in the Sugar Bowl, Lanning received a raise to $1.25 million.[9] In 2021, Lanning was considered for the Kansas head coach vacancy. However, the position ended up going to Lance Leipold.[10]

Oregon[]

On December 11, 2021, Lanning was named the 35th head coach at the University of Oregon, replacing Mario Cristobal after his departure to become the head coach at the University of Miami.[11][12] Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million contract with the Ducks.[13]

Personal life[]

Lanning and his wife, Sauphia, have three children. While at Memphis, Sauphia was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent chemotherapy treatments.[14] Sauphia was deemed cancer-free in 2017 after months of treatments.

Head coaching record[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Oregon Ducks (Pac-12 Conference) (2022–present)
2022 Oregon 0–0 0–0
Oregon: 0–0 0–0
Total: 0–0

References[]

  1. ^ "From Elizabeth Street to Sanford Drive, the incredible journey of Georgia's Dan Lanning". DawgNation. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. ^ "No doubting Tigers football assistant Dan Lanning's drive to succeed". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Dan Lanning wanted to coach in FBS, so he drove through the night to make it happen". Football Scoop. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. ^ "K. C. Keeler completes Bearkat coaching staff". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Norvell Adds Lanning to Defensive Staff". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Alabama grad assistant Dan Lanning joining Memphis coach Norvell's staff". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Kirby Smart officially confirms hiring of Dan Lanning as LB coach". Saturday Down South. 2 January 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Georgia promotes Dan Lanning to defensive coordinator". Saturday Down South. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  9. ^ Towers, Chip. "Fast rise of Georgia's Dan Lanning continues". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. ^ "Report: Lanning Out of Kansas Head Coaching Search".
  11. ^ "Oregon announces Dan Lanning as new leader of Oregon football". Oregon Ducks. December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  12. ^ Uggetti, Paolo (December 11, 2021). "Oregon finalizes football coach search, hires Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, 35". ESPN. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  13. ^ Neel, Zachary. "Dan Lanning signs six-year, $29.1 million contract as Oregon Ducks head coach". Ducks Wire. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  14. ^ "Memphis football family helps celebrate cancer fight milestone". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

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