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Report: Pitt Rival Will Fire HC

One of the Pitt Panthers' biggest rivals will shake up their coaching staff.

Stephen Thompson

Report: Pitt Rival Will Fire HC
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PITTSBURGH -- A major shakeup is coming to one of the Pitt Panthers' ACC rivals this weekend, according to a report from ESPN's Pete Thamel.  

Syracuse, who will play Pitt every year from now until 2030, will fire head coach Dino Babers this weekend, according to Thamel, and begin the search for a new program leader before the 2023 season ends. 

Babers went 44-51 over his nine seasons with the Orange. He made two bowl appearances and one the 2018 Camping World Bowl. He won more than five games just once and finished ranked in the final AP Poll just once in 2018. 

Babers owned a 2-7 record against Pitt, including a win just two weeks ago over the Panthers at Yankee Stadium. 

With Babers on his way out, Pat Narduzzi is now the fourth-longest-tenured head coach in the ACC, trailing only Wake Forest's Dave Clawson, Clemson's Dabo Swinney and NC State's Dave Doeren. 

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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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