Pat Narduzzi is always learning as a football coach, so there were few things that caught him off-guard in his first year leading Pitt.
"I’ll be learning the next five years, but really there were no surprises, nothing that I felt like I wasn’t ready for," Narduzzi said. "Really it was what I expected. It’s college football, and very similar to what I’d done as a defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, trying to run the defense and just put on a different color hat and have a few more guys.
"I guess the biggest thing is when you’ve got guys coming in wanting to talk about playing time or this or that.