Story byMegan Briggs/Getty ; Dan Lanning/Instagram Head coach Dan Lanning of the Oregon Ducks during the 2025 College Football Playoff Quarterfinal on January 01, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida ; Dan Lanning and his family in April 2023. Adam England, Nicole PomaricoFri, January 9, 2026 at 11:45 PM UTC·7 min readNEED TO KNOWOregon football coach Dan Lanning married Sauphia Lanning in 2009The couple share three sons: Caden, Kniles and TitanSauphia works in marketingAs Dan Lanning coaches the Oregon Ducks at the Peach Bowl CFP Semifinal on Jan. 9, his wife, Sauphia Lanning, will be cheering him on. The football coach, who has led the Ducks at the University of Oregon since 2022, first met Sauphia in 2005, when he was playing college football in Missouri, and they both worked at the same steakhouse. Four years later, they married and went on to have three sons: Caden, Kniles and Titan. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementSauphia has supported Dan throughout his coaching career, and he has supported her over the years too, including when she was diagnosed with cancer in 2016. In 2023, Dan paid tribute to his wife with a tattoo of her portrait on his rib cage.