Not everyone may jot down their goals on their mirror but Oregon head coach Dan Lanning is different. He pretty much fulfilled every goal he put up while he was the GA at Arizona State in 2012. To be the best father on staff, best husband on staff, man of integrity, be a full time employee, be a head coach at 35. There was one more line on that list, though, that lingered for years and fueled outside speculation about his future.

“The next goal on there is NFL coach,” Dan Lanning told Inner Circle on December 13 when asked if he has any NFL coaching aspirations. “That ain’t on my goal board no more. It’s off my board, it’ll never be up there again. Like that used to be a dream. But dreams can change.”

He then explained what changed. His reasoning had nothing to do with scheme,

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