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Oregon head coach Dan Lanning greets quarterback Bo Nix before the game Saturday as the No. 6 Oregon Ducks host the USC Trojans.
Fear not Oregon football fans, Dan Lanning said he’s not interested in the job opening at Texas A&M.
The second-year coach of the Ducks was emphatic Monday night during his weekly press conference when asked to address speculation that he is among the leading candidates to take over the Aggies, a middling team in the mighty Southeastern Conference with a deep-pocket donor base and inside a state rich with potential recruits.
“I think I’ve been really, really clear here since day one,” Lanning said. “Everything I want exists right here. I’m not going anywhere. There’s zero chance that I will be coaching somewhere else. I’ve got unfinished business here.”
That Lanning’s name found its way to the top of a list of potential coaching candidates is not shocking.
The 37-year-old is 19-4 overall at Oregon, including 9-1 this season. With two weeks left in the regular season, the Ducks are poised to make the Pac-12 championship game and are sixth in the College Football Playoff rankings.
“I guess the reality here is my name and our program would never be a topic of conversation for another school if we didn’t have something here that everybody else wanted,” Lanning said. “And the reason we have something here that everybody else wants, that’s because of our players, our coaches, and the support that exists here in Oregon.”
The Texas A&M job became available Sunday morning with the firing of coach Jimbo Fisher, who was 45-25 in six seasons in College Station. He had signed a new 10-year contract in 2021 with $95 million guaranteed. Texas A&M will have to pay more than $76 million to buy out Fisher’s deal.
Lanning and Oregon agreed to a six-year, $45 million contract extension in July that increased his…
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Publish date : 2023-11-14 04:40:06
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