Dan Lanning took over at Oregon in 2022 and quickly became one of college football’s top coaches. At 39, he’s already put together a remarkable 44–7 record. Naturally, his success attracted interest from other programs, even NFL teams, all trying to pull him away from Eugene. But Lanning has stayed committed to Oregon. And now we finally know why.

Dan Lanning revealed on the December 10th episode of the Inner Circle Podcast why he doesn’t want to pursue coaching opportunities in the NFL. “That ain’t on my goal board no more. I was really selfish with my goals early in my career. Everything was really more about me than my wife and my boys. And that completely changed when my wife got sick while we were in Memphis,” Lanning said. “She got diagnosed with cancer, osteocaroma, and now you

See Full Page