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Pitt Opponent Extends Elite Head Coach

The Pitt Panthers will have to face an elite head coach in the ACC for years into the future.

Stephen Thompson

Pitt Opponent Extends Elite Head Coach
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PITTSBURGH -- A Pitt Panthers opponent has locked up the head coach that led them to an ACC Championship and the very edge of their first College Football Playoff berth since the very first edition of the tournament in 2014. 

According to a report from Yahoo Sports' Ross Dellinger, Florida State has signed head coach Mike Norvell to a new eight-year contract that will pay him $8 million per season, keeping him in Pitt's home conference for the foreseeable future. 

Norvell has led the Seminoles to consecutive 10-win seasons, ranked finishes and they came within one controversial decision of going to the College Football Playoff after posting an undefeated 13-0 record during the regular season and winning the ACC for the first time since 2014. 

This move from Florida State administrators comes on the heels of Nick Saban, the legendary Alabama head coach, announcing that he would retire and cede control of one of the sport's biggest brands and best programs. 

Norvell was expected to be a serious candidate for the opening but this long contract extension ensured that he was out of the running, even before the Crimson Tide landed former Washington head coach, Kalen DeBoer.  

The Panthers are scheduled to face the Seminoles three times over the next seven seasons, all of which will come in successive seasons from 2025 to 2027. 

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Stephen Thompson
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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