Memphis football coach Mike Norvell added a coach to the defensive side of the ball on Monday, hiring Dan Lanning from the University of Alabama on to his first Memphis coaching staff. Lanning has spent the 2015 season at Alabama as a graduate assistant coach with the outside linebackers after spending last season as the defensive backs coach at Sam Houston State and the prior season at Arizona State.
"At Alabama, Dan Lanning was involved with one of the top defenses in the nation," Norvell said. "Throughout his career, he has been a part of developing some of the nation's top playmakers.