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Idaho soccer program survived budget threat. But now Vandals have lost their coach. | Idaho Statesman

The University of Idaho soccer coach whose team lobbied the State Board of Education to save the program from budget cuts has left the Vandals.

Coach Derek Pittman was named the new women's soccer coach at UTSA in San Antonio on Monday.

The State Board agreed last month to give Idaho an extension on the deadline to reconcile its athletics deficit, which prevented the immediate termination of the soccer program. But the program remains in peril long term while the university tries to convince the State Board to change the way it accounts for athletics spending.