Oregon Ducks, Dan Lannings Massive Contract Experiences becomes viral

The 38-year-old coach of Oregon Ducks, coach Dan Lanning, is one of the youngest head coach in college football and now one of the highest paid. The ducks invest in Lanning in the long term and change its six-year contract, which increases his salary by $ 2 million annually and, according to several reports, goes through the 2030 season.

Lanning will now earn an average of $ 11 million annually, which catapults his salary into the top 5 of the well-known college football coach salaries. The changed contract must receive the approval of the Board of Directors on Friday.

Oregon fans are enthusiastic about the news because Lanning continues to prove that “the grass in Eugene is damn green”. The Internet became wild with reactions to Lanning's extension to the contract. In particular, the US state of Sun Devils, the coach of Sun Devils, Kenny Dillingham, shared his former boss Lanning.

“Fired for him !!! Worked for everything he gets! Literally no connections, no abbreviations! Only works!” Dillingham wrote on Twitter/X.

Dillingham was Oregon's offensive coordinator and quarterback coach under Lanning for the football season 2022. Dillingham, an emerging star, often spoke of the positive influence that Lanning had on his career.

Bussin 'with the boys, a podcast by the former NFL player Will Compton and Taylor Lewan, are big fans of Lanning and have made their feelings known with a simple “LFG”.

An underestimated aspect for Lanning's commitment to Oregon is the advantages that his team will see on the recruitment path. Its stability is an anomaly in the current state of college football in the transfer portal and in the zero World. The Lanning 2026 recruitment class is currently in second place in the country.

In the following you will find more social media reactions on the news.

Of course, the Buckeyes fans of Ohio State felt a little different from Oregon fans.

The Buyout for Lanning's contract remains at 20 million US dollars that need to be paid when he leaves the program. However, Lanning has closed all rumors about leaving Eugene.

“(Coaching in the NFL) used to be a goal of mine,” said Lanning in December 2024 in the Zach -Gelb show. “At this point everyone can see that I don't go anywhere.”

“I love what we have here,” Lanning continued. “I have three boys who love Eugene. We have a lot of unfinished business we hope and I enjoy the journey. This will be the place where I train for a long time as long as I continue my job. “

Before the expansion, Lanning was best paid for the 14th coach in college football and the fourth highest in the big ten.

Can Lanning build his best season so far as a duck? Oregon won the 2024 Big Ten Conference Championship in the first season in the conference. The ducks also reached the first 13-0 start in the program history and earned the college football playoff and a berth in the Rose Bowl.

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Since the takeover of the Oregon program in 2022, Lanning's Ducks have been one of the best teams in college football, with a 35:6 record so far in his first three seasons.

Lanning is in Elite Company, since his 35 victories among active head coaches have been the second most common behind Georgia's Kirby Smart since 2022.

These 35 victories are most of a head coach in Oregon in his first 40 games.