2024 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

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2024 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Pitt Panthers wordmark.svg
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Kade Bell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Randy Bates (7th season)
Home stadium Acrisure Stadium
Uniform
Pitt panthers football unif.png
Seasons
  2023
2025 
2024 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Boston College  0 0   0 0  
California  0 0   0 0  
Clemson  0 0   0 0  
Duke  0 0   0 0  
Florida State  0 0   0 0  
Georgia Tech  0 0   0 0  
Louisville  0 0   0 0  
Miami (FL)  0 0   0 0  
NC State  0 0   0 0  
North Carolina  0 0   0 0  
Pittsburgh  0 0   0 0  
SMU  0 0   0 0  
Stanford  0 0   0 0  
Syracuse  0 0   0 0  
Virginia  0 0   0 0  
Virginia Tech  0 0   0 0  
Wake Forest  0 0   0 0  
Championship: December 7, 2024
  • $ Conference champion
  • y Championship game participant
As of April 16, 2024
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2024 Pittsburgh Panthers football team will represent the University of Pittsburgh as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers are led by tenth-year head coach Pat Narduzzi and play their home games at Acrisure Stadium located in Pittsburgh.

Contents

Transfers

Outgoing

NamePos.New school
Lorenzo JenkinsWRTBD
Brandon GeorgeLBWithdrawn
Aydin HenninghamLB Albany State
Buddy MackS South Carolina
DeAndre JulesEDGE South Carolina
Nate TempleEDGEWithdrawn
Trey AndersonIOL Utah State
Stephon HallSTBD
T.J. HarvisonRBTBD
Bangally KamaraLB South Carolina
Addison CopelandWRTBD
Samuel OkunlolaDL Colorado
Byron FloydLS Buffalo
Sam Vander HaarP BYU

Incoming

NamePos.Previous school
Nick JamesDL Indiana
Jake OvermanTE Oregon State
Lyndon CooperIOL NC State
Nate MatlackEDGE Kansas State
David OjiegbeEDGE Clemson
Desmond ReidRB Western Carolina
Tamon LynumCB Nebraska
Keye ThompsonLB Ohio
Raphael Williams Jr.WR San Diego State
Eli Holstein QB Alabama

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
August 31 Kent State *
September 7at Cincinnati *
September 14 West Virginia *
September 21 Youngstown State *
  • Acrisure Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
October 5at North Carolina
October 12 California
  • Acrisure Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
October 24 Syracuse
  • Acrisure Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
November 2at SMU
November 9 Virginia
  • Acrisure Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
November 16 Clemson
  • Acrisure Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
November 23at Louisville
November 30at Boston College
  • *Non-conference game

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Coaching staff

Pittsburgh Panthers
NamePositionConsecutive season at Pittsburgh in current positionPrevious positionPitt profile
Pat Narduzzi Head coach 10th Michigan State defensive coordinator (2007–2014) [3]
Kade Bell Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach1st Western Carolina offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach (2021–2023) [4]
Randy Bates Defensive coordinator 7th Northwestern linebackers coach (2006–2017) [5]
Jacob BronowskiSpecial teams coordinator and tight ends coach1st Miami (OH) special teams coordinator and defensive assistant (2022–2023) [6]
Archie Collins Secondary coach7th Central Michigan defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach (2017) [7]
Tim Daoust Defensive line coach1st East Carolina special teams coordinator, outside linebackers coach, and defensive ends coach (2021–2023) [8]
Jeremy Darveau Offensive line coach1st Western Carolina offensive line coach (2022–2023) [9]
Lindsey Lamar Running backs coach1st Howard offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach (2023) [10]
JJ Laster Wide receivers coach1st Western Carolina wide receivers coach (2021–2023) [11]
Ryan Manalac Linebackers coach4th Bucknell defensive coordinator and linebackers coach (2019–2020) [12]
Cory Sanders Safeties coach7th Western Michigan defensive backs coach (2017) [13]
Trent TurknettOffensive quality control coach 1st Western Carolina director of player personnel (2021–2023) [14]
Phil DeCapitoDefensive quality control coach 7th Pittsburgh defensive graduate assistant (2015–2017) [15]
Jacob FloydOffensive graduate assistant 1st Sewanee running backs coach and tight ends coach (2023) [16]
Chris RussellOffensive graduate assistant 1st Pittsburgh volunteer coach (2023) [17]
Malcolm RobinsonDefensive graduate assistant 2nd Akron defensive quality control coach (2022) [18]
Edward WarinnerDefensive graduate assistant 2nd Miami (OH) defensive graduate assistant (2022) [19]
Reference: [20]

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