It appears the search for Mark Whipple's successor is over.
A report from Pete Thamel of Yahoo Sports indicates Pitt is expected to hire Frank Cignetti Jr. as the Panthers' new offensive coordinator. Cignetti, a native of Pittsburgh, returns back to the place where his coaching career started, as his first coaching job was for Pitt as a graduate assistant in 1989. Cignetti leaves his position as offensive coordinator for Boston College, where had held the position for two seasons coaching the Eagles.
Cignetti has plenty of coaching ties to wester Pennsylvania, as after his one-year stint with Pitt as a graduate assistant, he coached at his alma mater, Indiana University of Pennysylvania (IUP) under his father, Frank Cignetti Sr.