Jerry DiPaola stories, Page 20

When Pitt travels to Durham, N.C., to confront Duke on Saturday, Andre Powell will mark nine full seasons on coach Pat Narduzzi’s staff. They met when both were assistant coaches at Rhode Island in the 1990s, and their career paths crossed again in 2015 when Powell was one of Narduzzi’s...

One of the most-discussed storylines during the first four games of Pitt’s basketball season has been the growth of big men Federiko Federiko and the Diaz Graham twins, Guillermo and Jorge. Growth, in terms of production on the court and physically, as big men, slightly bigger men than they were...

Pitt football will cross the Atlantic Ocean for its 2027 opener. For only the second time in history that dates to 1890, Pitt will play a game outside of the United States. The team will open the 2027 season against the Wisconsin Badgers in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic...

Before you can criticize Pat Narduzzi for failing to properly stack his quarterback room since Kenny Pickett’s departure, you have to give him credit for how he rebuilt the position during the first two seasons of his Pitt tenure. • Nathan Peterman — win. He threw five touchdown passes in...

The son of a coach who taught him to “think” the game as much as play it, Pitt freshman point guard Bub Carrington is trying to keep his instant celebrity under control. “Same old,” he said Monday while chatting with reporters at Petersen Events Center. “Class, practice, games. Just trying...

Pitt women’s soccer team made more history Sunday night, earning its first Elite Eight berth with a 3-0 victory against Memphis in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 in Fayetteville, Ark. Next up for the Panthers will be a date with No. 1 Florida State at 5:30 p.m. Friday in Tallahassee,...

Players dressed for practice in a maintenance shed on Quarry Field on the South Side Slopes. The field was a mixture of dirt, rocks, glass, maybe some green grass. The coach handed out equipment from the back of his Cadillac. Sometimes, only 11 players showed up for practice, but Duquesne...

Pitt women’s soccer reached the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16 for the second time in school history — and second consecutively — when Ellie Coffield’s header off a corner kick from Sarah Schupansky eluded Arkansas goalkeeper Phoebe Carver to give the Panthers a 4-3 second-round victory Friday night in Fayetteville, Ark....

The time has come for Pitt’s basketball team to step into the big leagues. So far, coach Jeff Capel likes what he has seen from his rebuilt roster. Four victories in four outings against mid-majors, most recently an easy 107-56 win Friday night against Jacksonville (2-2) in front of a...

After Pitt finally did what it’s supposed to do — defeat one of the series of mediocre (or worse) teams on its schedule — Donovan McMillon talked about being “terribly sad the season’s ending.” Will he feel the same way after the Duke game Nov. 25 if Pitt’s victory against...

Jaland Lowe and Will Jeffress have not been starters through the first three games of the season, but Pitt coach Jeff Capel values their contributions as part of his effort to recreate the team that won 24 games last season. In the victory against Florida Gulf Coast, Lowe and Jeffress...

Unless he calls upon a first-year freshman, Pitt coach Pat Narduzzi can’t dig any deeper into his quarterback depth chart than he did Thursday night at Acrisure Stadium. Third-string sophomore Nate Yarnell made his second collegiate start count, leading Pitt (3-8, 2-5 ACC) to a 24-16 victory against Boston College...

Sophomore Nate Yarnell started at quarterback for Pitt on Thursday night against Boston College, marking the third different player this season to man that position at the outset of a game. It will be Yarnell’s second career start after leading Pitt to a victory at Western Michigan last season. In...

Several days before Pitt’s last home game of the season Thursday night at Acrisure Stadium, Pat Narduzzi met with his team. It’s a regular weekly meeting, but this one meant a bit more than the others to Narduzzi. He is in the midst of his final days with the team’s...

After the 2022 season, Pat Narduzzi had the luxury of keeping that desk drawer locked where he stores his list of assistant coach candidates. It would be a big surprise if he doesn’t go looking for the key this offseason. There is always collateral damage when a team has a...

Pitt’s coaches and strength staff began preparing players for this season not long after Ben Sauls’ field goal sailed through the uprights Dec. 30 in El Paso, Texas, to give the Panthers a victory in the Sun Bowl. There were the early-morning winter workouts in January, adherance to basic fundamentals...

Pitt confronted its most difficult test of the season Monday night at Petersen Events Center. Jeff Capel was eager to see how his team would handle it. The Panthers beat back repeated challenges from a veteran Florida Gulf Coast team and survived – even while shooting poorly from the free-throw...

The ACC schedule maker — whether it was an unfeeling computer or a human being — led Pitt down two difficult paths this week. First, there is the matter of playing two football games in six days, something that has happened to Pitt only twice under coach Pat Narduzzi. Second,...

Perhaps the only question worth asking Pat Narduzzi at this point in a season of almost unprecedented misery is this one: Seriously, Pat, have you kept Nick Patti’s number handy? Narduzzi has tried five quarterbacks since Kenny Pickett’s departure with one game remaining in the 2021 season, and only Patti...

Bub Carrington will carry a unique personal situation and the responsibility that goes with it into his third game as a collegian Monday when Pitt welcomes Florida Gulf Coast to Petersen Events Center. Carrington has scored 18 points in each of his first two games while leading the team in...

Almost to the point where he had one hand tied behind his back, Syracuse quarterback Garrett Shrader suited up against Pitt on Saturday with an injured shoulder. Advantage, Pitt, right? Not quite. Not in this season of repeated despair for the Panthers and coach Pat Narduzzi. Syracuse coach Dino Babers...

The final score displayed on the Petersen Events Center scoreboard Friday night indicated Pitt enjoyed a second easy nonconference victory, 89-60, against Binghamton. But coach Jeff Capel said there was more to it than mere numbers. Pitt won by 29, but the lead was only eight at halftime. More than...

Pitt coach Jeff Capel built more hope for the future with the signing of a guard with a promising pedigree and a 6-foot-10 forward to national letters of intent. Brandin Cummings and Amdy Ndiaye made good on their verbal commitments and will join the team for the 2024-25 season. Capel...

Pitt’s game against Syracuse on Saturday will be staged at Yankee Stadium to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the first college game played at the historic venue in the Bronx, New York. ACC officials aren’t getting a marquee matchup, with Pitt (2-7, 1-4) and Syracuse (4-5, 0-5) trying to stay...

Perhaps only a coach can understand what Pat Narduzzi is thinking as he prepares to lead his team through the final three games of the season. Pitt will take a 2-7 overall record into its game Saturday against Syracuse (4-5, 0-5 ACC) at Yankee Stadium. Three more defeats would drop...