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Report: Pitt Loses Assistant QB Coach

Jonathan DiBasio is no longer on the Pitt Panthers' staff.

Stephen Thompson

Report: Pitt Loses Assistant QB Coach
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PITTSBURGH -- A young assistant coach appears to have quietly left the Pitt Panthers football program. 

Jonathan DiBasio, an assistant quarterbacks coach and offensive graduate assistant for the Panthers last season, is no longer on head coach Pat Narduzzi's staff, according to a report from Chris Peak of Panther Lair. 

DiBasio is no longer listed on Pitt's website as a member of the coaching staff and his Twitter account has been deleted. 

This news comes out of left field and no new information about why DiBasio has moved on or where he will go next has surfaced. He was the right-hand man to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Frank Cignetti and occupied a very hands-on role coaching Pitt's quarterbacks. He was also one of the program's primary recruiters in New England, where they've been active looking for new talent over the past couple of years. 

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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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