Lyke’s plan: new hires in Pitt Athletics
By Joanna Li | Senior Staff Writer
May 30, 2018
Filed under Sports
In her first year as Pitt’s athletic director, Heather Lyke quickly received a six-year extension to her contract at the end of April. Jumping right into a hectic season, Lyke hired six new head coaches to begin leading in the 2018-19 season, each one building their own unique coaching staffs. The whol...
Q&A: Gavin prepares for first head coaching gig
By Steve Rotstein / Senior Staff Writer
August 21, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
The Pitt wrestling team’s 2016-17 season had a little bit of everything — off-the-mat incidents, suspicious absences, dismissals, a coaching change and even three individual ACC champions. While the program was far from being in dire straits, it was in desperate need of stability. Newly-appointed Athlet...
Pitt to host 2019 NCAA Wrestling Championships at PPG Paints Arena
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
April 18, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
For the first time in more than 60 years, the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships are coming back to Pittsburgh. The NCAA awarded the city of Pittsburgh with the 2019 NCAA Championships on Tuesday afternoon, bringing the sport’s three-day championship event to PPG Paints Arena from March 21-23. ...
Keith Gavin returning to Pitt as new head wrestling coach
By Steve Rotstein | Sports Editor
April 14, 2017
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports, Top Stories
Heather Lyke made the first big hire of her tenure as Pitt’s athletic director Friday morning, naming former national champion Keith Gavin as the Panthers’ new head wrestling coach. “We are thrilled to announce Keith Gavin as the new head coach of the University of Pittsburgh wrestling progra...
Wrestling: Gavin, Zanetta fall just short at USA Team Trials
By Jeremy Tepper / Staff Writer
June 3, 2014
Filed under Sports, Sports / Other Varsity Sports
Pitt wrestlers competing at the USA World Team Trials narrowly missed out on representing their country in international competition.Keith Gavin, a Pitt alumnus who graduated in 2008, placed second in the 86 kilogram class, while rising sophomore Nick Zanetta finished third in the 60 kilogram class. Both ...