Oregon’s Lanning: ‘No chance’ of leaving Ducks

Adam Rittenberg, ESPN Elder WriterNov 13, 2023, 11:02 PM ET

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• College football press reporter.
• Joined ESPN.com in 2008.
• Graduate of Northwestern University.Oregon coach Dan Lanning shot down speculation that he could be a prospect for Texas A&M’s coaching vacancy, saying Monday that there is”absolutely no possibility”he leaves the Ducks.Lanning, in his second year at Oregon, had actually been pointed out as a possible leading target for Texas A&M, which fired coach Jimbo Fisher on Sunday and will pay a record$76 million buyout. Oregon in July gave Lanning an one-year agreement extension through the 2028 season and a considerable raise to$7 million every year, while also increasing his buyout to$20 million if he elected to leave. “Everything I want exists right here, “Lanning informed press reporters Monday night. “I’m not going anywhere.

  There’s absolutely no opportunity that I would be coaching elsewhere. I have actually got incomplete service here. … We have the resources, the tools, anyone that can’t understand why you would wish to be at this place, doesn’t comprehend precisely what exists here.” Editor’s Picks 2 Related Lanning, 37, is 19-4 in his 2nd season at Oregon, which is No. 6 in the College Football Playoff rankings and in second location in the Pac-12. He is in his

  very first FBS head-coaching job after acting as Georgia’s protective organizer and helping the Bulldogs to a national title in 2021. 3 of Oregon’s previous 4 coaches have voluntarily left for other jobs, including Lanning’s predecessor, Mario Cristobal, to Miami and Willie Taggart to Florida State.

  However Lanning stated he will not be joining them, noting that Oregon has committed the resources to compete for champions and provided a fantastic home for his household.”A great deal of coaches … don’t state anything, one, because they do not want egg on their face when they choose to do something else; 2, because they’re concerned about things that I’m not concerned about, like getting a better agreement,”Lanning said.”I’m taken care of exceptionally well here at Oregon. I have the resources I need here to be actually, really successful.”I’m not encouraged by that. I’m motivated by winning.”