Dan Lanning

Last updated

Dan Lanning
Dan Lanning (cropped).jpg
Lanning with Oregon in 2022
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Oregon
Conference Big Ten
Record22–5
Biographical details
Born (1986-04-10) April 10, 1986 (age 37)
North Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Playing career
2004–2007 William Jewell
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2010 Park Hill South HS (MO) (ST/DB/WR)
2011 Pittsburgh (GA)
2012 Arizona State (GA)
2013Arizona State (RC)
2014 Sam Houston State (DB/co-RC)
2015 Alabama (GA)
2016–2017 Memphis (ILB/RC)
2018 Georgia (OLB)
2019–2021Georgia (DC/OLB)
2022–present Oregon

Daniel Arthur Lanning (born April 10, 1986) is an American football coach at the University of Oregon. He was previously the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at the University of Georgia from 2019 to 2021.

Contents

Lanning played college football at William Jewell College as a linebacker from 2004 to 2007, he held various 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, the University of Georgia, and the University of Oregon.

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, formerly an offensive analyst under Lanning at Oregon. [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]

In Lanning’s final year, Georgia would finish undefeated in the regular season, going on to win the 2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, defeating the Michigan Wolverines in the Orange Bowl semifinal and the Alabama Crimson Tide in the National Championship Game. [11] [12]

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. [13] [14] Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million contract with the Ducks. [15] In his first season with the Ducks, Lanning led the team to a 9–3 regular season record highlighted with ranked victories over BYU, UCLA, and Utah. [16] The Ducks earned a spot in the Holiday Bowl, where they defeated North Carolina 28–27. [17]

In the 2023 season, Lanning led the team to an 11–1 regular season record, with the lone loss coming to #7 Washington on October 14. [18] The Ducks had a rematch with Washington in the Pac-12 Championshp, falling 34–31. [19] Oregon finished the season with a 45–6 victory over Liberty in the Fiesta Bowl. [20] Amid speculation, Lanning remained at Oregon following Nick Saban's retirement from Alabama in early 2024. Lanning's two immediate predecessors at Oregon, Mario Cristobal and Willie Taggart, had both left early for different head coaching jobs. [21]

Personal life

Lanning and his wife, Sauphia, have three children. While at Memphis, Sauphia was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent chemotherapy treatments. [22] Sauphia was deemed cancer-free in 2017 after months of treatments.

Head coaching record

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs Coaches#AP°
Oregon Ducks (Pac-12 Conference)(2022–2023)
2022 Oregon 10–37–2T–2ndW Holiday 1615
2023 Oregon 12–28–12ndW Fiesta †76
Oregon Ducks (Big Ten Conference)(2024–present)
2024 Oregon 0–00–0
Oregon:22–515–3
Total:22–5
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ted Roof</span> American football player and coach (born 1963)

Terrence Edwin Roof Jr. is an American football coach and former player who currently serves as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach for the UCF Knights. He previously served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Oklahoma. Roof served as the head football coach at Duke University from 2003 to 2007, compiling a 6–45 record.

Michael Joseph Stoops is an American football coach and former player, who is the inside linebackers coach at the University of Kentucky. Stoops also served as the head football coach at the University of Arizona from 2003 until his firing during the 2011 season. He previously served as an assistant football coach at the University of Iowa, Kansas State University, and University of Oklahoma. He is the younger brother of Bob Stoops, the former head coach of the Oklahoma Sooners football program, and the older brother of Mark Stoops, head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats football program. He returned to Oklahoma as the defensive coordinator in 2012. He served in the position until he was fired on October 7, 2018. After spending time at the University of Alabama as an analyst, he spent one season as the defensive coordinator of the Florida Atlantic Owls in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Clancy Pendergast</span> American football coach (born 1967)

Clarence Clifford Pendergast III is the former defensive coordinator for the Arizona Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, California Golden Bears, and USC Trojans football teams.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oregon Ducks football</span> College football team for the University of Oregon

The Oregon Ducks football program is a college football team for the University of Oregon, located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The team competes at the NCAA Division I level in the FBS and is a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). They will join the Big Ten Conference in 2024. Although now known as the Ducks, the team was commonly called the Webfoots until the mid-1960s.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mario Cristobal</span> Cuban-American American football coach and former player

Mario Manuel Cristobal is Cuban-American head football coach of the Miami Hurricanes football team at the University of Miami. Cristobal previously was the head football coach at Florida International University (FIU) from 2007 to 2012 and the University of Oregon from 2017 to 2021. He was an all-conference offensive tackle on the Miami Hurricanes football team that won national championships in 1989 and 1991.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Todd Graham</span> American football player and coach (born 1964)

Michael Todd Graham is an American football coach and former player. He was most recently the head football coach at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (2020–2021). Graham has served as the head football coach at Rice University (2006), the University of Tulsa (2007–2010), the University of Pittsburgh (2011), and Arizona State University (2012–2017).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Chip Kelly</span> American football coach (born 1963)

Charles Edward Kelly is an American football coach who is the offensive coordinator for the Ohio State Buckeyes. He came to prominence as a college football head coach for the Oregon Ducks from 2009 to 2012, leading them to the 2011 BCS National Championship Game. His success led to a stint in the National Football League (NFL), where he coached for four seasons, three with the Philadelphia Eagles (2013–2015) and one with the San Francisco 49ers (2016). After the NFL, Kelly returned to college in 2018 as the head coach of UCLA Bruins, coaching for six seasons before joining Ohio State as a coordinator.

Peter C. Kuharchek was an American football coach and former player, whose coaching career spanned over 40 years at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. He was the head coach for the Rhein Fire of the NFL Europe League (NFLEL) from 2001 to 2005, compiling a record of 24 wins and 28 losses. At the collegiate level, he most notably served as defensive coordinator at the University of Memphis from 1987 to 1989, and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) from 1994 through 1995. Besides his tenure in the NFLEL — which also included stints as assistant for the Orlando Thunder (1992) and Rhein Fire (1996–2000) — Kuharchek worked in four other professional leagues — including the United States Football League (USFL), Canadian Football League (CFL), Arena Football League (AFL), and United Football League (UFL). Most notably, he was the defensive coordinator for the CFL's Toronto Argonauts in 2009.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mark Helfrich (American football)</span> American football player and coach (born 1973)

Mark August Helfrich is an American former football coach who is an analyst for Fox Sports. He was the head coach for the University of Oregon from 2013 to 2016. He most recently served as the offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears from 2018 to 2019. He played professionally in the Austrian Football League (AFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Charles Kelly (American football)</span> American football player and coach (born 1967)

Charles Kelly is an American football coach and former football player. He is currently the co-defensive coordinator and secondary coach for Auburn Tigers football. Kelly won a national championship as a member of the Florida State Seminoles coaching staff during the 2013 college football season. He also won a College Football Playoff National Championship as the co-defensive coordinator of the 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide who went undefeated.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mike Norvell</span> American football coach (born 1981)

Michael Kelly Norvell is an American college football coach who is currently the head coach at Florida State. He has coached at Memphis, Arizona State, Pittsburgh, Tulsa, and Central Arkansas. He played wide receiver at the University of Central Arkansas from 2001 to 2005 and is the school's all-time receptions leader.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Kevin Sherrer</span> American football player and coach (born 1973)

Kevin Sherrer is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator at Georgia Tech. Before that was the linebackers coach for the New York Giants. He also previously served as the defensive coordinator at the University of Tennessee (2018–2019), the outside linebackers coach at Georgia (2014–2017), the defensive coordinator at South Alabama (2013), the Director of Player Development at Alabama (2010–2012), and as a high school assistant coach at Hoover High School, Spain Park High School, and Tuscaloosa County. He played college football at Alabama.

Tosh Lupoi is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at the University of Oregon. He previously served as the defensive line coach for the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2021, the defensive line and run game coordinator for the Atlanta Falcons in 2020, the defensive line coach for the Cleveland Browns in 2019 and the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at the University of Alabama from 2017 to 2018.

Joe Lorig, is an American football coach who is currently the special teams coordinator for the Oregon Ducks. Lorig played college football for the Western Oregon Wolves.

Kenny Dillingham is an American football coach who is currently the head football coach at Arizona State University. He previously served as the offensive coordinator at the University of Oregon, Florida State University, Auburn University and the University of Memphis.

Andrew Avalos is an American college football coach and former player. He is the defensive coordinator for Texas Christian University. He previously worked as an assistant at schools including Boise State University and Oregon before returning to Boise State as head coach.

Glenn Schumann is an American football coach who is currently the defensive coordinator for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Chris Rumph is an American football coach who is currently the defensive ends coach at Clemson University. He previously served as the defensive line coach for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). Rumph previously coached at the collegiate level for over 15 years.

Matthew Powledge is an American college football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator for Baylor University. He previously served as the co-defensive coordinator for Oregon in 2022.

References

  1. ↑ Towers, Chip (February 4, 2019). "From Elizabeth Street to Sanford Drive, the incredible journey of Georgia's Dan Lanning". DawgNation. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  2. ↑ Schad, Tom (March 11, 2016). "No doubting Tigers football assistant Dan Lanning's drive to succeed". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  3. ↑ Barnett, Zach (February 5, 2019). "Dan Lanning wanted to coach in FBS, so he drove through the night to make it happen". Football Scoop. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ Scott, Brandon K. (March 4, 2014). "K. C. Keeler completes Bearkat coaching staff". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Norvell Adds Lanning to Defensive Staff". University of Memphis Athletics. December 8, 2015. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  6. ↑ Evans, Thayer (December 7, 2015). "Alabama's Dan Lanning joining Norvell at Memphis". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  7. ↑ Spencer, Adam (January 2, 2018). "Kirby Smart officially confirms hiring of Dan Lanning as LB coach". Saturday Down South. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  8. ↑ Bratton, Michael Wayne (February 15, 2019). "Georgia promotes Dan Lanning to defensive coordinator". Saturday Down South. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  9. ↑ Towers, Chip (April 1, 2020). "Fast rise of Georgia's Dan Lanning continues". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  10. ↑ Austin, Brooks (April 28, 2021). "Report: Lanning Out of Kansas Head Coaching Search". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  11. ↑ Blinder, Alan (January 1, 2022). "A Renewed Georgia Pummels Michigan to Reach National Title Game vs. Alabama". The New York Times. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  12. ↑ Blinder, Alan (January 10, 2022). "How Georgia Beat Alabama to Win College Football's National Championship". The New York Times. Retrieved February 27, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Oregon announces Dan Lanning as new leader of Oregon football". Oregon Ducks. December 11, 2021. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  14. ↑ Uggetti, Paolo (December 11, 2021). "Oregon finalizes football coach search, hires Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, 35". ESPN . Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  15. ↑ Neel, Zachary (December 14, 2021). "Dan Lanning signs six-year, $29.1 million contract as Oregon Ducks head coach". Ducks Wire. Retrieved December 29, 2021.
  16. ↑ "2022 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Holiday Bowl - Oregon vs North Carolina Box Score, December 28, 2022". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  18. ↑ "2023 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  19. ↑ Anderson, Mark (December 2, 2023). "No. 3 Washington rallies to beat No. 5 Oregon 34-31 and secure playoff spot". AP News. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  20. ↑ La Rue, Israel (January 1, 2024). "Oregon Dominates Liberty, Wins Fiesta Bowl 45-6". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
  21. ↑ Olson, Max (January 11, 2024). "Dan Lanning not taking Alabama job, staying at Oregon". The Athletic . Retrieved January 11, 2024.
  22. ↑ Schad, Tom (May 8, 2017). "Memphis football family helps celebrate cancer fight milestone". Memphis Commercial Appeal. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.