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Former Pitt Coach Takes New Job

The Pitt Panthers have another assistant coach moving on to a new job.

Stephen Thompson

Oct 3, 2020; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A Pittsburgh Panthers helmet sits on the sidelines
Oct 3, 2020; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; A Pittsburgh Panthers helmet sits on the sidelines / Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

PITTSBURGH -- The Pitt Panthers are undergoing some more coaching staff turnover this offseason while in the thick of spring practices.

Phil DeCapito, who had spent nine seasons with the Panthers in various capacities, is now taking on a job as the defensive line coach at Brown University, accoridng to a report from John Brice of FootballScoop.com. It's a promotion for DeCapito, who had worked primarily as a defensive quality control coach for Pitt.

DeCapito has been a member of Pat Narduzzi's coaching staff since his second season in Pittsburgh. He began his coaching career at his alma mater, Emory & Henry College in 2010 and moved on to become a defensive line assistant at Youngstown State in 2012. After three seasons with the Penguins, DeCapito joined Narduzzi at Pitt as a defensive graduate.

He took a two year spell away from Panthers to work as a defensive graduate assistant at Memphis, then defensive coordinator at Lake Erie College (Division II) before returning to Pittsburgh, where he helped coach one of the most productive front sevens in all of college football.

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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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