On Wednesday, Coach Wannstedt said he would be starting his interviews for the recruiting coordinator position. He had a short list and hoped to have someone in place by Monday. Apperently he only got one name into the list before stopping.

Greg Gattuso, who led Duquesne University to football prominence at the NCAA Division I-AA Mid-Major level, has resigned to become the recruiting coordinator at Pitt.

First-year Pitt coach Dave Wannstedt hired Gattuso to replace Bryan Deal, a member of former coach Walt Harris’ staff. Deal is expected to be named coach at Fox Chapel High School.

Gattuso, 42, the all-time winningest coach at Duquesne following a 12-year run, met yesterday with Duquesne athletic director Brian Colleary.

Gattuso is a Western Pennsylvania native and played football at Penn State. He will also serve as the tight ends coach. In a general note at the end of this story, former Pitt WR and member of Pitt’s radio broadcast crew for the last year, Yogi Roth, is going to California. He has been hired asan assistant director of football operations at the University of Southern California.

The hiring of Gattuso was already rumored, and people seem to think highly of him in the area. It would appear to be a good fit and hire.