Dan Lanning

Dan Lanning (born April 10, 1986) is an American football coach and former player who is currently the defensive coordinator at the University of Georgia.

Dan Lanning
Current position
TitleDefensive coordinator
TeamGeorgia
ConferenceSEC
Annual salary$1.25 million [1]
Biographical details
Born (1986-04-10) April 10, 1986
Richmond, Missouri
Playing career
2004–2007William Jewell
Position(s)Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2010Park Hill South HS (ST/DB/WR)
2011Pittsburgh (GA)
2012Arizona State (GA)
2013Arizona State (RC)
2014Sam Houston State (DB/co-RC)
2015Alabama (GA)
2016–2017Memphis (ILB/RC)
2018Georgia (OLB)
2019–presentGeorgia (DC/OLB)

Playing career

Lanning played linebacker at William Jewell College in Missouri from 2004 to 2007. While attending William Jewell, he lived in a house on Elizabeth Street and was roommates with Trent Figg, the football chief of staff at Hawaii.[2]

Coaching career

After his playing career at William Jewell ended, Lanning spent three seasons working at Park 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 by Todd Graham, who he had met at coaching clinics the Park Hill South staff attended at Tulsa.[3] He was subsequently hired as a graduate assistant at Pittsburgh for one season before following Graham to Arizona 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 at Sam Houston State in March of 2014.[5] He spent 2015 as a graduate assistant at Alabama, where the Crimson Tide defeated Clemson 45–40 in the CFP National Championship game.

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 Lanning was a graduate assistant and on-campus recruiting coordinator.[6][7]

Georgia

Lanning was hired in 2018 by Georgia as the outside linebackers coach.[8]

After Bulldogs defensive coordinator Mel Tucker left to accept the head coaching position at Colorado 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 the Sugar Bowl, Lanning received a raise to $1.25 million.[10]

Personal life

Lanning and his wife Sauphia have three children. While at Memphis, Sauphia was diagnosed with osteosarcoma and underwent chemotherapy treatments.[11] Sauphia was deemed cancer-free in 2017 after months of treatments.

References
  1. "Georgia's Dan Lanning becomes latest member of $1 million coordinator club". NBC Sports. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  2. "From Elizabeth Street to Sanford Drive, the incredible journey of Georgia's Dan Lanning". DawgNation. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  3. "No doubting Tigers football assistant Dan Lanning's drive to succeed". The Commerical Appeal. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. "Dan Lanning wanted to coach in FBS, so he drove through the night to make it happen". Football Scoop. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. "K. C. Keeler completes Bearkat coaching staff". Sam Houston State University. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. "Norvell Adds Lanning to Defensive Staff". University of Memphis Athletics. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  7. "Alabama grad assistant Dan Lanning joining Memphis coach Norvell's staff". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  8. "Kirby Smart officially confirms hiring of Dan Lanning as LB coach". Saturday Down South. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  9. "Georgia promotes Dan Lanning to defensive coordinator". Saturday Down South. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  10. "Fast rise of Georgia's Dan Lanning continues". Atlanta-Journal Constitution. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
  11. "Memphis football family helps celebrate cancer fight milestone". Memphis Commerical Appeal. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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