Dan Lanning knows from experience what it takes to work your way up the college football coaching ladder. Before becoming the Oregon head coach, Lanning started off as an assistant at the high school level in 2008 looking for any opportunity he could find. He drove 13 hours from Kansas City to Pittsburgh after hearing about an opening on the Panthers’ staff. He had to wait until the next day to speak with anyone as the coaching staff was not there when he arrived. When he finally got ahold of somebody, he was offered a graduate assistant position that paid only $800 a month. Lanning happily ac…