Blogs

Pitt announced today the promotion of Kirk Bruce, whose career at the university has spanned from athlete to coach to administrator, to associate athletic director for sport administration. Bruce has spent the past decade overseeing Pitt’s Olympic sports – which includes men’s and women’s cross country, soccer, swimming and diving, track and field and women’s [...]

Pitt announced today that the 101st Backyard Brawl with West Virginia at Heinz Field will be a noon kickoff that will be nationally televised on ABC on Friday, Nov. 28. Pitt also announced kickoff times for the first two games of the football season, with the Panthers opening at home against Bowling Green at noon [...]

Pitt received a verbal commitment this morning from Fernando Diaz, a 6-foot-2, 285-pound offensive guard from Bronx (N.Y.) Cardinal Hayes. Diaz chose the Panthers over scholarship offers from Army and fellow Big East Conference member Connecticut, which he visited this past weekend. He is Pitt’s sixth recruit from the Class of 2009 and the third [...]

Shea Ralph is leaving the Pitt women’s basketball program to return to her alma mater, joining Geno Auriemma’s staff at the University of Connecticut. Ralph, 30, spent the past five seasons as an assistant to Pitt coach Agnus Berenato, with her scouting and coaching the guards playing a pivotal role in the Panthers’ run to [...]