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Georgia football DC Dan Lanning gets contract extension

Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning receives a one-year contract extension through 2023. Details here

Georgia football’s defensive domination hasn’t gone unnoticed as second-year defensive coordinator Dan Lanning receives a one-year contract extension through 2023. Marc Weizer of the Athens Banner-Herald was the first to report.

Lanning previously received a $500,000 raise in salary in March, which brought his annual salary to 1.25 million annually. That makes him Georgia’s highest-paid assistant coach .

New offensive coordinator Todd Monken is a close second at $1.1 million in 2020, $1.25 million in 2021, and $1.4 million in 2022.

Lanning was an outside linebacker’s coach before taking over the Georgia defense after former defensive coordinator Mel Tucker left to take the head coach position at Colorado after the 2018 season.

Under Lanning in 2019, the Bulldogs defense was one of the best Georgia units we’ve ever seen. They led the league both in scoring defense with 12.6 points per game, and in rushing yards allowed per game with 74.6.

 

 

 

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Georgia fotoball’s Dan Lanning among Broyles Award finalists

UGA defensive coordinator Dan Lanning is a finalist for the Broyles Award, which is given annually to the top assistant coach in the country

Georgia’s defense has been spectacular this season. The Dawgs have only given up one rushing touchdown on the season. A big part of that is because UGA defensive coordinator Dan Lanning has been an elite coordinator. Lanning has put the Dawgs in position to have three shutouts on the season. He’s among the finalists for the Broyles Award, which is give to the best assistant coach in the nation.

Georgia head coach Kirby Smart won the award with the Alabama Crimson Tide in 2009. Brian VanGorder, the current defensive coordinator for Bowling Green, won the award at UGA in 2003. Georgia legend Vince Dooley is on the award’s selection committee. Here’s the NCAA’s Broyles Award finalists:

LSU’s Joe Brady is the favorite to win the award. Brady transformed LSU’s offense into a monster seemingly overnight. If Lanning’s defense can shut down Joe Burrow and LSU’s offense, then Lanning may have a legitimate chance to win the award.

Each coordinator that’s a finalist will play in a conference championship game this weekend. The award is far from decided. In fact, a standout performance could propel any of these excellent assistant coaches to win the Broyles Award and possibly make the College Football Playoff. Each will be potential head coach candidates for places like Missouri and Arkansas.

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