Former Stanford head coach Vin Lananna has been named Associate Athletic Director/Director of Track and Field and Cross Country at the University of Oregon.

In his 11-year career at Stanford that began in July 1992, Lananna quickly built the Cardinal into one of the sport's top combined men's and women's program. His cross country and track and field squads claimed four NCAA team titles (3 men's/1 women's) among their 36 top-10 NCAA finishes (21 men's/15 women's), and Stanford athletes won 22 NCAA track and field individual titles. At the Pacific-10 Conference level, the Cardinal men and women racked up 17 team titles (8 men's/9 women's) and 45 individual crowns (25 men's/20 women's).

In return for Stanford's excellence, he was a multiple honoree as NCAA Cross Country Coach of the Year (1986, '96, '97, 2002), NCAA West Region Cross Country Coach of the Year (1995, '96, '97, '98, '99, 2002), Pacific-10 Conference Cross Country Coach of the Year (1994, '95, '96, '98, '99, 2001, '02) and Pac-10 Track and Field Coach of the Year (2000, '01).

He has served as director of athletics and physical education at Oberlin College (Ohio) since July 2003.

"After listening to the vision that Bill (Oregon Athletic Director Bill Moos) has about what the American track and field capital can be and should be, there's no other place better to do it than Eugene," Lananna said. "There's an amazing love of the sport in this community that you can't find anywhere else. I'm excited about extending the program's tradition of excellence at the national level year-in and year-out so it spills over to the national arena."

Prior to his tenure at Stanford, Lananna was tabbed as track and field head coach at Dartmouth College in 1980 and was later promoted to assistant athletic director for track and field and cross country in 1985.

At the NCAA level, his Dartmouth teams posted six top-20 cross country finishes - including runner-up efforts in 1986 and '87 - to go along with two top-20 women's placings, and more than 25 combined All-America honors in track and field and cross country.

At the U.S. and international levels, Lananna was appointed men's assistant coach for the 2004 Olympic Games and 1999 World Championships, as well as junior coach for the 1990 and 1996 World Cross Country Championsh