Sources confirmed to Pittsburgh Sports Now that Pitt will hire UMass women’s basketball coach Tory Verdi as the new Pitt head coach on Friday. The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette first reported the hire.
Verdi is the 10th head coach to take over the Panthers in their program history for the 50th season starting in 2023-24. He takes over from Lance White, who served as the Panthers’ head coach for five seasons, before athletic director Heather Lyke fired him for accruing a record of 42-99, the worst five year stretch of any head coach in Panthers history.
Verdi brings over 11 seasons of head coaching experience at the Division-I level and has been coaching basketball in various roles since 1995 when he was a senior in college. He is a New England native and has spent most of his time coaching in that area as well.
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