With Coach Stein taking on the HC position at Kentucky, speculation with start about who the next Oregon OC is.

Right off the top, I don’t think Chip Kelly is coming back in any capacity. I also don’t expect Coach Lanning to promote from within. I could be wrong, but Lanning in two hires hasn’t hired/promoted a coach with no play calling experience.

Three guys I could see as candidates are:

• Corey Dennis (UNLV OC)

• Dean Kennedy (JMU OC)

• Buster Faulkner (GT OC)

These three run offense similar to what is already ran at Oregon. Lanning has made it pretty clear with his first two hires what the style of offense he wants is.

There’s also who seems to be the fan favorite, Jordan Davis (North Texas OC). I think the two systems are too different for him to be the guy, but they could find a way to mesh them.

Coach Lanning could also hire someone none of us are thinking about.

Edited 11 hours ago11 hr by Eric Boles

15 minutes ago, Eric Boles said:

Coach Lanning could also hire someone none of us are thinking about.

I bet this will happen!!!

Lanning has shown that his little black book is well refined... trust the process.

6 minutes ago, woundedknees said:

Lanning has shown that his little black book is well refined... trust the process.

I have zero doubt Lanning hires the right guy.

2 hours ago, Eric Boles said:

Buster Faulkner (GT OC)

Don't know how likely this would be but this guy would be a real coup. He was a star offensive analyst behind the curtain for Georgia's two recent Natties (with OC Todd Monken perhaps getting more credit than he deserved, though he was good). He deserves a lot of credit for molding a mid-level talent base into a formidable offense at Georgia Tech, This is a hire I could get behind enthusiastically.

There’s also Mack Leftwich, the Texas Tech OC. I think his system would integrate well into what Oregon already does. He also uses some veer and shoot sets.

11 hours ago, Eric Boles said:

There’s also who seems to be the fan favorite, Jordan Davis (North Texas OC). I think the two systems are too different for him to be the guy, but they could find a way to mesh them.

Curious why you think this. From the little I’ve seen of North Texas, they run a spread offense with the QB in the shotgun and seem to hit a lot of big passes down the field. I also saw a lot of 2 back formations and some RPO plays.

I didn’t see many heavy sets or QB under center, in my very limited observations, but perhaps that is something that Lanning would insist he added.