It was reported early on Wednesday morning that the Oregon Ducks were hiring former Florida State Seminoles offensive coordinator Kenny Dillingham, reuniting him new head coach Dan Lanning.
Lanning and Dillingham were both on the Memphis staff together from 2016 to 2017.
Dillingham has a history of working with great offensive coaches and has been an understudy of Florida State Head Coach Mike Norvell. He was on his staff at Memphis from 2016-18, including the team’s offensive coordinator in 2018. He then left to become the offensive coordinator at Auburn in 2019, where he helped develop then true Freshman Bo Nix and beat Oregon. After one season at Auburn, he reunited with Norvell at Florida State, where he’s served as the offensive coordinator for the last two seasons.
Spread ‘Em Out
What kind of offense would Dillingham run in Eugene?
.@joshnewberg247 says "spread'em out, run the ball, take shots down the field."
— Dirt & Sprague (@DirtAndSprague) December 14, 2021
We’ve always known that Dan Lanning is a defensive coach, so we don’t have much worry for what will take place on that side of the ball. As for the offense, though, there are questions about what type of scheme the Ducks will run, and how potent they will be on offense.
According to 247 Sports reported Josh Newberg, we can expect new OC Kenny Dillingham to “spread em out.”
Typically, the Seminoles over the past couple of years under Dillingham have deployed a system that runs the ball heavily, which we can expect to continue in Oregon. On top of that, they will also take shots down the field at a high rate.
Over the past two years, Florida State has averaged 30 pass attempts per game, compared to 37.5 rush attempts per game. In both seasons, they picked up on average 20 first downs per game as well.
While Oregon’s offense hasn’t been completely abysmal as of late, it certainly has lacked some of the fire-power that was here in the Chip Kelly and Mark Helfrich days. We can hope that will be fixed under Dillingham.