Dan Lanning 'Not Leaving Oregon,' Responds to Rumors After LSU's Brian Kelly Firing

Oregon fans don't have to worry about their head coach bolting for LSU or any other job anytime soon.

Dan Lanning shut down any speculation about him taking the job in Baton Rouge following Brian Kelly's firing.

"It's zero. Yeah, I'm not leaving Oregon," Lanning said on the Rich Eisen Show (2:05 mark). "As long as I win, that's what I always tell my kids. If your dad wins, we'll be at Oregon. So I've got to win. That's how it changes."

Lanning, who took over as the Ducks head coach in 2022, has gone 42-7 so far and established himself as one of the best coaches in college football at just 39 years old.

Naturally, that has led to his led to him being a popular name any time a head coaching job opens up.

Even before the job at LSU opened up, Lanning had made it clear he wasn't interested in another gig, even if it was a highly-coveted opening like the one with the Tigers.

"I've been very clear and adamant that I'm not going anywhere," Lanning told On3's Chris Low earlier this month. "A lot of coaches use that as an opportunity to say, 'OK, I'm either going to get a big raise where I'm at,' or maybe they really want that other job. I don't want any other jobs. I've got the job that I want."

When Nick Saban retired from Alabama following the 2023 season, speculation arose that Lanning would return to the program, where he had served as a graduate assistant in 2015.

Lanning indicated to The Athletic's Christopher Kamrani last May that Alabama didn't even reach out to him because they knew he wouldn't be interested.

"When you're in a situation where your answer is already going to be no, people don't ask you those questions," he said.

The Athletic's Chris Vannini noted that, even if Lanning wanted to leave Oregon, the buyout for him to leave is $20 million through at least 2030.

All things considered, Lanning doesn't have much of a reason to leave Oregon anyway. He's the sixth-highest-paid coach in college football and appears to have a steady flux of NIL money coming in, meaning he can recruit with the best of them.

Now, he's just looking to bring the Ducks their first national championship. Oregon was on the brink last season but lost in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal to eventual champion Ohio State. At 7-1 this year, Lanning should be on his way to another CFP appearance.