pitt hired mac coach

[smazza]

great for usf

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Pittsburgh has hired Miami (Ohio) coach Mike Haywood as its new head coach, a source close to the situation said Wednesday night.

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The five-year deal has been agreed to and could be announced as early as Thursday.

Haywood led the RedHawks to a turnaround from 1-11 in 2009 to 9-4 in 2010, including 8-1 in conference play. Miami beat Northern Illinois 26-21 in the MAC championship game and will face Middle Tennessee in the GoDaddy.com Bowl on Jan. 6.

It has not been determined if Haywood will coach Miami in its bowl game, but the late nature of the game makes it less likely.

Haywood succeeds Dave Wannstedt, who resigned under pressure after six seasons. He will be the first African-American football or men's basketball coach in Pittsburgh history.

Haywood played and coached at Notre Dame and has also coached at LSU and Texas

[gobulls83]

great for usf

So is it great for the rest of the conference that USF has a "Conference USA coach" then?

I'm not following your, uh, "logic" here.

[Paisa el Toro]

great for usf

So is it great for the rest of the conference that USF has a "Conference USA coach" then?

I'm not following your, uh, "logic" here.

I'll take a stab at the Smazza logic. Great for USF that Pitt picked up what Smazza likely percieves as a less-than-stellar replacement for the Stache. Things could lay out quite nicely next year for USF to make a serious run at the Big East Championship.

[gobulls83]

great for usf

So is it great for the rest of the conference that USF has a "Conference USA coach" then?

I'm not following your, uh, "logic" here.

I'll take a stab at the Smazza logic. Great for USF that Pitt picked up what Smazza likely percieves as a less-than-stellar replacement for the Stache. Things could lay out quite nicely next year for USF to make a serious run at the Big East Championship.

Obviously I understood what smazza was getting at.

But the reason the coach is underwhelming has zero to do with which conference he was coaching in most recently, something smazza apparently believes.

[Paisa el Toro]

But the reason the coach is underwhelming has zero to do with which conference he was coaching in most recently, something smazza apparently believes.

I can see where you disagree with that sentiment. Off the top of my head, two very successful BCS coaches have coached in the MAC conference before landing where they are now (or where they just resigned from). Brian Kelly coached at Central Michigan and Meyer at Bowling Green.