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Pat Narduzzi turns to close friend Shawn Watson to take over offense

Pittsburgh Panthers coach Pat Narduzzi just hired his third offensive coordinator in as many years, hoping this time he will get much-needed stability in a job that has had zero.

With that in mind, it should come as no surprise that he would call up one of his most trusted friends to help. Narduzzi got his first coaching job as a graduate assistant at Miami (Ohio) in 1990, working as receivers coach while Shawn Watson worked with the quarterbacks.

The two worked closely together for three seasons before Narduzzi went on his way to becoming a defensive coordinator and then a head coach.