Pitt AD Heather Lyke Backs Pat Narduzzi
PITTSBURGH -- With a disappointing football season inching closer and closer to a merciful conclusion, Pitt Panthers athletic director Heather Lyke released a statement backing head coach Pat Narduzzi and saying she will work personally with him to right the ship.
“This season is not up to Coach Narduzzi’s or Pitt’s standards,” Lyke said in a statement to Noah Hiles of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “He has raised the bar on expectations for our program with an ACC championship and Top 25 finishes the past two years. With the onset of the offseason, we will work together to thoroughly evaluate each aspect of our program, on and off the field, so that we can begin competing for ACC titles again.”
With the Panthers' 28-13 loss to Syracuse this past weekend, they clinched the worst record of Narduzzi's nine seasons in Pittsburgh. They are ineligible for a bowl game for just the second time in his tenure.
Pitt has two games remaining on the regular season schedule - a midweek contest against Boston College at Acrisure Stadium and a rod trip to Duke for the regular season finale.
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