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Report: AD Pat Chun a candidate at Pittsburgh

Florida Atlantic athletic director Pat Chun has been linked to Pittsburgh’s vacant athletic director position, according to a report by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Calls and messages to Chun went unreturned Friday night.

Chun is in his fifth academic year atop the Owls athletic program, and recently made his most high-profile hire by naming Lane Kiffin the school’s football coach in December. Under Chun’s watch, FAU recently broke ground on the $40 million Schmidt Complex for Academic and Athletic Excellence that will house the football program. It also fundraised and opened a new on-campus tennis facility.

The academics have improved under Chun, with last year’s 3.