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Pitt to Rename Head Coach Role After $20 Million Donation From Businessman Chris Bickell

Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Pittsburgh graduate and IT businessman Chris Bickell made a $20 million donation to the Panthers' football program on Thursday, which marks the largest single gift in Pitt Athletics history. However, Bickell's generous donation does come with one strange catch.

The head coaching position at Pitt will now officially be named the "Chris Bickell '97 Head Football Coach," per a school announcement. The name change marks the "first named coaching position in the history of Pitt Athletics."

Perhaps Bickell's request is a bit strange, though it seems like the university doesn't mind the name change in exchange for $20 million.