Kirk Herbstreit labels Dan Lanning one of his top coaches after Oregon's comeback win

Kirk Herbstreit revealed his top performing coaches from Week 4 on Monday, and he has Oregon head coach Dan Lanning among his picks.

The ESPN personality picked Lanning alongside Kansas State coach Chris Klieman, Minnesota coach PJ Fleck, Kansas coach Lance Leipold, Tennessee coach Josh Heupel, James Madison coach Curt Cignetti, and Notre Dame offensive coordinator Tommy Rees. All helped their teams to wins in Week 4, but perhaps no game was as exciting as Oregon’s come-from-behind win over Washington State.

My top performing COACHES from Week 4!

Chris Klieman, @KStateFB
Tommy Rees, @NDFootball
P.J. Fleck, @GopherFootball
Lance Leipold, @KU_Football
Josh Heupel, @Vol_Football
Dan Lanning, @oregonfootball
Curt Cignetti, @JMUFootball pic.twitter.com/ONyRTsoU0I

— Kirk Herbstreit (@KirkHerbstreit) September 26, 2022

The Ducks trailed 34-22 after Washington State found the endzone with 6:42 remaining in the game. Oregon scored on each of its next two possessions to take a 37-34 lead, then picked off Wazzu quarterback Cameron Ward and returned it for an interception to go up 44-34 and put the game to bed.

Lanning kept the Ducks composed throughout a frustrating game. After, he said everyone on the sideline believed they could come out on top.

“We talked a lot this week about ‘Chop wood, carry water,’ and it’s called little things,” Lanning said. “Little things on the front end of this game, they were adding up against us — some little things that went wrong. But we didn’t stop. You get a chunk of meat and you keep taking chunks and you keep fighting until the end. That’s what showed up to me at the end, was chopping wood and carrying water. We weren’t trying to win the game in the first quarter. We’re trying to win every single play, and some of them didn’t go our way, but at the end of the game enough plays went our way for us to get the W.”