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The past couple of months in the world of college football have truly been unlike many others, with some of the top schools in the nation making changes at the top when it comes to hiring a new head coach and filling out their coaching staff.
A total of 29 FBS schools hired new head coaches this offseason, which has led to a wild carousel that’s seen Oklahoma coaches move to USC, Notre Dame coaches move to LSU, and Oregon coaches move to Miami.
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The Ducks are one of those 29 teams who saw a change in leadership, with former Georgia Bulldogs defensive coordinator Dan Lanning taking over in Eugene after Mario Cristobal departed for his alma mater Miami Hurricanes. Brandon Marcello, a national writer at 247Sports, recently took on the massive task of giving all 29 new coaching staff a letter grade for their strength of hiring.
You ready for this Oregon fans? The Ducks received the third-highest grade on the list, with an ‘A.’
Here’s what Marcello had to say about Oregon:
Oregon again hired a head coach from outside the region when it landed Georgia defensive coordinator Dan Lanning, one of the hottest names in the industry in a survey conducted by 247Sports in 2021.
Lanning, a Midwesterner and SEC veteran, built an Oregon staff peppered with West Coast ties, NFL experience and tenacious recruiters. Led by defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi, who he coached alongside at Alabama, and offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, who he met at Memphis, this might be the best young staff in the entire country – new or not. That’s a good development, because USC is going to be a beast to battle on the recruiting trail for the foreseeable future.
We’ve already seen some of the aggressiveness on the recruiting trail bear fruit for the Ducks, who had seen some of the best high school prospects in the nation flock to Eugene over the past couple of weekends, listening to the pitches from Lanning and his staff. While such a young group of coaches may need a couple of years to really plant their flag in the ground and build the type of success that Oregon fans so desperately want to see again, the early returns from this coaching change are certainly encouraging.
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