Dan Lanning
{{Short description|American football player and coach (born 1986)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Dan Lanning
| image = Dan Lanning (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| caption = Lanning with Oregon in 2022
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Oregon
| current_conference = Big Ten
| current_record = 35–6
| contract =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|4|10|mf=y}}
| birth_place = North Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 2004–2007
| player_team1 = William Jewell
| player_positions = Linebacker
| coach_years1 = 2008–2010
| coach_team1 = Park Hill South HS (MO) (ST/DB/WR)
| coach_years2 = 2011
| coach_team2 = Pittsburgh (GA)
| coach_years3 = 2012
| coach_team3 = Arizona State (GA)
| coach_years4 = 2013
| coach_team4 = Arizona State (RC)
| coach_years5 = 2014
| coach_team5 = Sam Houston State (DB/co-RC)
| coach_years6 = 2015
| coach_team6 = Alabama (GA)
| coach_years7 = 2016–2017
| coach_team7 = Memphis (ILB/RC)
| coach_years8 = 2018
| coach_team8 = Georgia (OLB)
| coach_years9 = 2019–2021
| coach_team9 = Georgia (DC/OLB)
| coach_years10 = 2022–present
| coach_team10 = Oregon
| overall_record = 35–6
| bowl_record = 2–1
| tournament_record = 0–1 (CFP)
| championships = 1 Big Ten (2024)
| awards = Stallings Award (2025)
| coaching_records =
}}
Daniel Arthur Lanning (born April 10, 1986) is an American college football coach who serves as the head 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.
Lanning played college football at William Jewell College as a linebacker from 2004 to 2007. He has 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.{{cite web | last=Crepea | first=James | title=How William Jewell College’s motto epitomizes Oregon Ducks coach Dan Lanning, how he began career quest | website=OregonLive| date=August 31, 2022 | url=https://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/2022/08/how-william-jewell-colleges-motto-epitomizes-oregon-ducks-coach-daniel-lanning-how-he-began-career-quest.html | access-date=November 27, 2024}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Towers |first=Chip |date=February 4, 2019 |title=From Elizabeth Street to Sanford Drive, the incredible journey of Georgia's Dan Lanning |url=https://www.dawgnation.com/football/from-elizabeth-street-to-sanford-drive-the-incredible-journey-of-georgias-dan-lanning |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=DawgNation}}
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, to hire him.{{Cite web |last=Schad |first=Tom |date=March 11, 2016 |title=No doubting Tigers football assistant Dan Lanning's drive to succeed |url=http://archive.commercialappeal.com/sports/tigers/football/no-doubting-tigers-football-assistant-dan-lannings-drive-to-succeed-2dcc869f-91b7-560b-e053-0100007f-371842631.html |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=The Commercial Appeal}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Barnett |first=Zach |date=February 5, 2019 |title=Dan Lanning wanted to coach in FBS, so he drove through the night to make it happen |url=https://footballscoop.com/news/dan-lanning-wanted-coach-fbs-drove-night-make-happen/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Football Scoop}} He was hired away to be the defensive backs coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Sam Houston State in March 2014.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Brandon K. |date=March 4, 2014 |title=K. C. Keeler completes Bearkat coaching staff |url=https://gobearkats.com/news/2014/3/4/209426616.aspx |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Sam Houston State University}} 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.{{Cite web |date=December 8, 2015 |title=Norvell Adds Lanning to Defensive Staff |url=https://gotigersgo.com/news/2015/12/8/FB_1208155153.aspx |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=University of Memphis Athletics}}{{Cite web |last=Evans |first=Thayer |date=December 7, 2015 |title=Alabama's Dan Lanning joining Norvell at Memphis |url=https://www.si.com/college/2015/12/07/dan-lanning-memphis-alabama-mike-norvell |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us}}
=Georgia=
Lanning was hired in 2018 by Georgia as the outside linebackers coach.{{Cite web |last=Spencer |first=Adam |date=January 2, 2018 |title=Kirby Smart officially confirms hiring of Dan Lanning as LB coach |url=https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/georgia-football/kirby-smart-officially-confirms-hiring-dan-lanning-lb-coach/ |access-date=August 13, 2020 |website=Saturday Down South}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Bratton |first=Michael Wayne |date=February 15, 2019 |title=Georgia promotes Dan Lanning to defensive coordinator |url=https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/georgia-football/dan-lanning-defensive-coordinator-georgia-bulldogs-football-2019/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |website=Saturday Down South}}
Following Georgia's victory in the Sugar Bowl, Lanning received a raise to $1.25 million.{{Cite web |last=Towers |first=Chip |date=April 1, 2020 |title=Fast rise of Georgia's Dan Lanning continues |url=https://www.ajc.com/sports/college/fast-rise-georgia-dan-lanning-continues/tSzsGIV8QGhWcZGxcVVFPP/ |access-date=August 12, 2020 |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution}} In 2021, Lanning was considered for the Kansas head coach vacancy. However, the position ended up going to Lance Leipold.{{Cite web |last=Austin |first=Brooks |date=April 28, 2021 |title=Report: Lanning Out of Kansas Head Coaching Search |url=https://www.si.com/college/georgia/news/dan-lanning-out-kansas-georgia-football |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |last=Blinder |first=Alan |date=January 1, 2022 |title=A Renewed Georgia Pummels Michigan to Reach National Title Game vs. Alabama |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/31/sports/ncaafootball/georgia-michigan-orange-bowl-score.html |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Blinder |first=Alan |date=January 10, 2022 |title=How Georgia Beat Alabama to Win College Football’s National Championship |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/01/10/sports/alabama-georgia-national-championship |access-date=February 27, 2023 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}
=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.{{Cite web |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Oregon announces Dan Lanning as new leader of Oregon football |url=https://goducks.com/news/2021/12/11/oregon-announces-dan-lanning-as-new-leader-of-oregon-football.aspx |access-date=December 11, 2021 |publisher=Oregon Ducks}}{{Cite web |last=Uggetti |first=Paolo |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Oregon finalizes football coach search, hires Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, 35 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/32846231/oregon-finds-football-coach-hires-georgia-defensive-coordinator-dan-lanning-sources-say |access-date=December 11, 2021 |website=ESPN}} Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million contract with the Ducks.{{Cite web |last=Neel |first=Zachary |date=December 14, 2021 |title=Dan Lanning signs six-year, $29.1 million contract as Oregon Ducks head coach |url=https://duckswire.usatoday.com/2021/12/14/dan-lanning-signs-six-year-29-1-million-contract-as-oregon-ducks-head-coach/ |access-date=December 29, 2021 |publisher=Ducks Wire}} 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.{{Cite web |title=2022 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon/2022-schedule.html |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}} The Ducks earned a spot in the Holiday Bowl, where they defeated North Carolina 28–27.{{Cite web |title=Holiday Bowl – Oregon vs North Carolina Box Score, December 28, 2022 |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/boxscores/2022-12-28-north-carolina.html |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}
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.{{Cite web |title=2023 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon/2023-schedule.html |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}} The Ducks had a rematch with Washington in the Pac-12 Championship, falling 34–31.{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Mark |date=December 2, 2023 |title=No. 3 Washington rallies to beat No. 5 Oregon 34–31 and secure playoff spot |url=https://apnews.com/article/pac-12-championship-oregon-washington-score-3acbc0ecb76222aa6f2c73722c31d1c2 |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=AP News |language=en}} Oregon finished the season with a 45–6 victory over Liberty in the Fiesta Bowl.{{Cite web |last=La Rue |first=Israel |date=January 1, 2024 |title=Oregon Dominates Liberty, Wins Fiesta Bowl 45–6 |url=https://www.si.com/college/oregon/football/oregon-dominates-liberty-en-route-to-45-6-win-in-fiesta-bowl |access-date=January 2, 2024 |website=Sports Illustrated |language=en}}
Lanning led the Ducks to a perfect 12–0 regular season in 2024, highlighted with a 32–31 win over #2 Ohio State.{{Cite web |title=2024 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/oregon/2024-schedule.html |access-date=2025-03-09 |website=College Football at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}{{cite web | last=Peterson | first=Anne M. | title=Dillon Gabriel rallies No. 3 Oregon past No. 2 Ohio State, 32-31 | website=AP News | date=2024-10-13 | url=https://apnews.com/article/ohio-state-oregon-score-68fb7b786ae40ca2630bb3bafd68830d#:~:text=(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20Oregon%20coach%20Dan,32-31%20on%20Saturday%20night. | access-date=2025-03-09}} The Ducks defeated Penn State in the Big Ten Championship Game and qualified for the College Football Playoff earning the top overall seed and a first-round bye.{{cite web | last=Marot | first=Michael | title=No. 1 Oregon outlasts No. 3 Penn State 45-37 for Big Ten title and 1st-round bye in playoffs | website=AP News | date=2024-12-08 | url=https://apnews.com/article/oregon-penn-state-big-ten-score-top-25-b2ba6b2184ba6718eab0a76953f7f28f | access-date=2025-03-09}}{{cite web | last=Backus | first=Will | title=College Football Playoff snubs, surprises: Oregon has brutal path as reward for No. 1 seed, Notre Dame stung | website=CBSSports.com | date=2024-12-08 | url=https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-playoff-snubssurprises-oregon-has-brutal-path-as-reward-for-no-1-seed-notre-dame-stung/ | access-date=2025-03-09}} The Ducks stay in the playoff was short-lived as Ohio State defeated the Ducks in the quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl 41–21.{{cite web | last=Beacham | first=Greg | title=No. 6 Ohio State routs top-ranked Oregon 41-21 in the Rose Bowl, advances to CFP semifinals | website=AP News | date=2025-01-02 | url=https://apnews.com/article/cfp-rose-bowl-2025-oregon-ohio-state-8030a2a37d45c1a6d7dd15b51ae6c098 | access-date=2025-03-09}}
Personal life
Lanning and his wife, Sauphia, have three children.
Head coaching record
{{CFB Yearly Record Start | type = coach | team = | conf = | bowl = | poll = both }}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Ducks
| conf = Pac-12 Conference
| startyear = 2022
| endyear = 2023
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 2022
| name = Oregon
| overall = 10–3
| conference = 7–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
| bowlname = Holiday
| bcsbowl =
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 16
| ranking2 = 15
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = division
| year = 2023
| name = Oregon
| overall = 12–2
| conference = 8–1
| confstanding = 2nd
| bowlname = Fiesta
| bcsbowl = yes
| bowloutcome = W
| ranking = 7
| ranking2 = 6
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Oregon Ducks
| conf = Big Ten Conference
| startyear = 2024
| endyear = present
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 2024
| name = Oregon
| overall = 13–1
| conference = 9–0
| confstanding = 1st
| bowlname = Rose
| bcsbowl = yes
| bowloutcome = L
| ranking = 4
| ranking2 = 3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Oregon
| overall = 35–6
| confrecord = 24–3
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 35–6
| yearstart = 2023
| yearend =
| poll = two
| polltype =
}}
References
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External links
- [https://georgiadogs.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dan-lanning/2785 Georgia profile]
- [https://goducks.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dan-lanning/3673 Oregon profile]
- [https://gotigersgo.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dan-lanning/219 Memphis profile]
- [https://gobearkats.com/staff-directory/dan-lanning/211 Sam Houston State profile]
- [https://thesundevils.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/dan-lanning/301 Arizona State profile]
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