Oregon Ducks announce promotions for Drew Mehringer, Chris Hampton

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In a few short hours last month, Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks experienced some attrition on the coaching staff, with both offensive coordinator Will Stein and defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi accepting jobs to become head coaches at different programs. Stein returned home to coach the Kentucky Wildcats, while Lupoi returned to his alma mater, taking over the California Golden Bears.

Fortunately, Lanning was prepared for this and has stacked the deck on the coaching staff over the past couple of years to make this next transition more seamless.

More than a month later, the Oregon Ducks officially announced the promotions of tight end coach Drew Mehringer as the new offensive coordinator and defensive backs coach Chris Hampton as the new defensive coordinator.

Mehringer joined Lanning’s coaching staff at Oregon as the tight ends coach on Jan. 4, 2022. He is known as one of the nation’s top recruiters after helping Texas and Houston bring in the top classes. He’s been instrumental in the development of tight ends Terrance Ferguson and Kenyon Sadiq, who is one of the tight ends in the country.

Meanwhile, Hampton was hired by Lanning in January of 2023, meaning that he’s served in those two roles for three seasons. He’s no stranger to the defensive coordinator role, as he was Tulane’s DC in 2022 when the Green Wave went 12-2 and took down USC in the Cotton Bowl.

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Despite taking the head coaching jobs early in December, both Stein and Luoi stayed on with Oregon throughout their College Football Playoff run, which saw wins over the James Madison Dukes and Texas Tech Red Raiders in the first round and quarterfinals, but ended with a blowout loss to the Indiana Hoosiers in the CFP semifinals.

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