May 12, 2026
By Ameek Abdullah Jamal, Essentially Sports via Yahoo Sports: Spring football is over in Eugene, but Dan Lanning was still making a big move quietly. It was not on the field. It came inside Oregon’s front office, where one decision soon turned into a piece of college football history.
On May 12, word got out of Eugene that Lydia Gibbs is taking over as Assistant General Manager, a historic move that officially makes her the first woman ever to hold that executive title for a Power 4 football program.
For a long time, the deepest rooms of American college football were closed doors. Women organized the heavy travel but were never handed the keys to build the actual team. Gibbs stepping into the limelight changes the blueprint for how big schools choose their leaders. Alongside her, Tyler Dean is stepping up as General Manager after serving three years as director of scouting and director of player personnel.
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