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Report: Pitt DL Coach Could Leave for New Job

The Pitt Panthers could lose coveted defensive line coach Charlie Partridge this offseason.

Stephen Thompson

Report: Pitt DL Coach Could Leave for New Job
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PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers could be in danger of losing one of their top assistant coaches this season to a blue-blood school. 

According to a report from Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, there is mutual interest between Pitt defensive line coach Charlie Partridge and the Florida Gators, who are looking to fill their own defensive line coach position. 

Since arriving at Pitt seven years ago, Partridge has turned Pitt's program into a defensive line factory and serves as assistant head coach in addition to his work as a position coach. 

Partridge has recruited and developed standout Pitt defensive linemen like Calijah Kancey - a 2023 first-round pick - Patrick Jones, Rashad Weaver, Jaylen Twyman, Habakkuk Baldonado, Deslin Alexandre and others. Three different Pitt linemen have been named All-Americans under his tutelage and Kancey earned 2022 ACC Defensive Player of the Year. 

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STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper.  He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press.  During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general.  You can reach Stephen by email at stephenethompson00@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter. Read his latest work:

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