1. Patrick Regan Narduzzi was born on April 22,1966 and is an American football coach and former player.
17 Facts About Pat Narduzzi
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Pat Narduzzi was formerly the defensive coordinator at Michigan State.
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Pat Narduzzi attended Youngstown State University and the University of Rhode Island.
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Pat Narduzzi began his playing career at Ursuline High School in Youngstown, Ohio, leading the Fighting Irish to the Steel Valley Conference championship and the state playoffs as a senior in 1984.
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Pat Narduzzi was named to the All-Ohio team that year.
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In 1990, Pat Narduzzi began his coaching career at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he was a graduate assistant in 1990 and 1991 and where he tutored wide receivers in 1992.
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From 1993 to 1999, Pat Narduzzi coached at the University of Rhode Island, where he coaching the linebackers from 1993 to 1997 and was defensive coordinator from 1998 to 1999.
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Pat Narduzzi returned to Miami University as defensive coordinator in 2003 before joining the University of Cincinnati as defensive coordinator in 2004.
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Pat Narduzzi became the defensive coordinator at the University of Cincinnati in 2004, and left in 2007 to coach at Michigan State University.
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Pat Narduzzi was a candidate for the head coaching position at Cincinnati, but Central Michigan University head coach Brian Kelly was named to the post on December 3,2006.
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Pat Narduzzi had informed University of Cincinnati officials that if he was not offered a permanent head coach position, he would follow Mark Dantonio to Michigan State University as defensive coordinator.
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Pat Narduzzi chose to remain at Michigan State and helped the 2012 team and the 2013 team lead the Big Ten in total defense.
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On December 23,2014, Sports Illustrated reported Pat Narduzzi would become the new head coach of the University of Pittsburgh football team.
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On December 26,2014, Pat Narduzzi was officially introduced as the 36th head football coach.
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Pat Narduzzi entered 2022 as the third-winningest coach in Pitt history, behind only Hall of Famers Jock Sutherland and Pop Warner.
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Pat Narduzzi is the son of Bill Pat Narduzzi, who was the head coach at Youngstown State University from 1975 to 1985.
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Pat Narduzzi played football for his father in 1985 as a freshman.