A familiar, though surprising name (no, not Paul Hackett).

Former Baltimore Ravens offensive coordinator Matt Cavanaugh is expected to take a similar position at Pitt, according to a source close to the situation.

Cavanaugh, a former Pitt player and assistant coach, was offered the job by new Panthers coach Dave Wannstedt last week. He wanted a few days to consider it because he also was weighing some opportunities in the NFL.

If Cavanaugh is named to Pitt’s staff, it would mean the Panthers not only got their top candidate for the head coaching position — Wannstedt — but also their second and third choices.

Cavanaugh and defensive coordinator Paul Rhoads were the other two finalists for the head coaching position vacated by Walt Harris in December.

Wow. I’m stunned. Absolutely stunned if he comes on board. Cavanaugh was Wannstedt’s OC when he was head coach in Chicago for a couple years, and apparently there isn’t too much in the way of hurt feelings that Wannstedt came back into the Pitt coaching picture at the last minute.