Oregon signed head coach Dan Lanning to an amended contract extension earlier this week that bumped his annual salary up to $11 million. But while Oregon was proactive in taking care of its rising head coach, Lanning responded in kind.

During a presentation with the Oregon Board of Trustees on Friday, athletic director Rob Mullens revealed that Lanning never sought to negotiate his buyout figure.

Lanning’s buyout remained unchanged with his new deal. He’ll owe the school $20 million if he leaves. Mullens told the UO board Lanning remains all-in on staying with the program long-term, per DuckTerritory’s Matt Prehm.

Lanning, 38, has gone 35-6 across his first 3 seasons as a head coach. He led the Ducks to a runner-up finish in the Pac-12 in 2023, then won the Big Ten in 2024 and earned the top overall seed in the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff.

Despite being linked to the Texas A&M job and then the Alabama job, Lanning has consistently stated his intention to continue building Oregon into a national championship contender.

In November 2023, when Lanning was linked to the Aggies, he said there was “zero chance” he would be leaving and emphatically shot down speculation in a way rarely seen from coaches.

“A lot of coaches hang onto these moments and they don’t do anything or don’t say anything, No. 1 because they don’t want egg on their face when they decide to do something else, No. 2 because they’re concerned about things that I’m not concerned about, like getting a better contract. I’m taken care of extremely well here at Oregon,” Lanning said then. “I have the resources I need here at Oregon to be really, really successful. I’m not motivated by that. I’m motivated by winning. I’m motivated by being elite here.

“I’ll continue to say it until I’m blue in the face: I’m going to be here at Oregon. That hasn’t changed. That won’t change.”

In the 16 months since that statement, Lanning has coached 2 Heisman finalists, lifted a conference title, and taken Oregon to the CFP.