 Lanning at 2025 Big Ten Media Days | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Oregon |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 48–8 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1986-04-10)April 10, 1986 (age 39) Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 2004–2007 | William Jewell |
| Position | Linebacker |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2008–2010 | Park Hill South HS (MO) (ST/DB/WR) |
| 2011 | Pittsburgh (GA) |
| 2012 | Arizona State (GA) |
| 2013 | Arizona State (RC) |
| 2014 | Sam Houston State (DB/co-RC) |
| 2015 | Alabama (GA) |
| 2016–2017 | Memphis (ILB/RC) |
| 2018 | Georgia (OLB) |
| 2019–2021 | Georgia (DC/OLB) |
| 2022–present | Oregon |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 48–8 |
| Bowls | 3–2 |
| Tournaments | 2–2 (CFP) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 1Big Ten (2024) | |
| Awards | |
| Stallings Award (2025) | |
Daniel Arthur Lanning (born April 10, 1986) is an Americancollege football coach who serves as the head football coach at theUniversity of Oregon. He was previously the defensive coordinator and outside linebackers coach at theUniversity of Georgia from 2019 to 2021.
Lanning playedcollege football atWilliam Jewell College as alinebacker from 2004 to 2007. He has held various coaching positions atPark Hill South High School inKansas City, Missouri, theUniversity of Pittsburgh,Arizona State University,Sam Houston State University, theUniversity of Alabama, theUniversity of Memphis, the University of Georgia and the University of Oregon.
Lanning playedlinebacker atWilliam Jewell College in Missouri from 2004 to 2007.[1] While attending William Jewell, he lived in a house on Elizabeth Street and was roommates withTrent Figg, formerly an offensive analyst under Lanning at Oregon.[2]
After his playing career at William Jewell ended, Lanning spent three seasons working atPark 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 byTodd Graham, who he had met at coaching clinics attended by the Park Hill South staff atTulsa, to hire him.[3] He was subsequently hired as a graduate assistant atPittsburgh for one season before following Graham toArizona State as a graduate assistant. He was promoted in 2013 to the on-campus recruiting coordinator.[4] He was hired away to be the defensive backs coach and co-recruiting coordinator atSam Houston State in March 2014.[5] He spent 2015 as a graduate assistant atAlabama, where the Crimson Tide defeatedClemson 45–40 in theCFP National Championship game.
Lanning was hired to be the inside linebackers coach and recruiting coordinator atMemphis in December 2015, reuniting withMike Norvell who was the offensive coordinator at Arizona State when Lanning was a graduate assistant and on-campus recruiting coordinator.[6][7]
Lanning was hired in 2018 byGeorgia as the outside linebackers coach.[8]
After Bulldogs defensive coordinatorMel Tucker left to accept the head coaching position atColorado after the 2018 season, Lanning was promoted to defensive coordinator in addition to his duties as the outside linebackers coach.[9]
Following Georgia's victory in theSugar Bowl, Lanning received a raise to $1.25 million.[10] In 2021, Lanning was considered for theKansas head coach vacancy. However, the position ended up going toLance Leipold.[11]
In Lanning’s final year, Georgia would finish undefeated in the regular season, going on to win the2022 College Football Playoff National Championship, defeating theMichigan Wolverines in theOrange Bowl semifinal and theAlabama Crimson Tide in the National Championship Game.[12][13]
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On December 11, 2021, Lanning was named the 35th head coach at theUniversity of Oregon, replacingMario Cristobal after his departure to become the head coach at theUniversity of Miami.[14][15] Lanning signed a six-year, $29.1 million contract with the Ducks.[16] 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.[17] The Ducks earned a spot in the Holiday Bowl, where they defeated North Carolina 28–27.[18]
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.[19] The Ducks had a rematch with Washington in the Pac-12 Championship, falling 34–31.[20] Oregon finished the season with a 45–6 victory over Liberty in the Fiesta Bowl.[21]
Lanning led the Ducks to a perfect 12–0 regular season in 2024, highlighted with a 32–31 win over #2 Ohio State.[22][23] 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.[24][25] The Ducks stay in the playoff was short-lived as Ohio State defeated the Ducks in the quarterfinals at the Rose Bowl 41–21.[26]
Lanning and his wife, Sauphia, have three children.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Ducks(Pac-12 Conference)(2022–2023) | |||||||||
| 2022 | Oregon | 10–3 | 7–2 | T–2nd | WHoliday | 16 | 15 | ||
| 2023 | Oregon | 12–2 | 8–1 | 2nd | WFiesta† | 7 | 6 | ||
| Oregon: | 22-5 | 15–3 | |||||||
| Oregon Ducks(Big Ten Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
| 2024 | Oregon | 13–1 | 9–0 | 1st | LRose† | 4 | 3 | ||
| 2025 | Oregon | 13–2 | 8–1 | 3rd | WCFP First Round†,WOrange†,LPeach† | 4 | 4 | ||
| Oregon: | 26–3 | 17-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 48–8 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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