1. Daniel Arthur Lanning was born on April 10,1986 and is an American college football coach who serves as the head football coach at the University of Oregon.
12 Facts About Dan Lanning
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Dan Lanning was previously the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at the University of Georgia from 2019 to 2021.
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Dan Lanning 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.
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Dan Lanning played linebacker at William Jewell College in Missouri from 2004 to 2007.
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Dan Lanning was hired as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh for one season before following Graham to Arizona State as a graduate assistant.
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Dan Lanning was promoted in 2013 to the on-campus recruiting coordinator.
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Dan Lanning was hired away to be the defensive backs coach and co-recruiting coordinator at Sam Houston State in March 2014.
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Dan 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 Dan Lanning was a graduate assistant and on-campus recruiting coordinator.
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Dan Lanning was hired in 2018 by Georgia as the outside linebackers coach.
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In 2021, Dan Lanning was considered for the Kansas head coach vacancy.
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On December 11,2021, Dan 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.
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Dan Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million contract with the Ducks.