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Bryan Bossard, who served on the staff at Maryland the last three seasons, has been named wide receivers coach at Pitt, it was announced by Panthers head coach Dave Wannstedt on Feb. 8.
Bossard previously worked under Wannstedt in a pair of NFL summer coaching internships with the Chicago Bears in 1996-97.
"Our receivers are going to benefit tremendously from Bryan's experience and teaching abilities," Wannstedt said. "He is an intelligent and enthusiastic coach of receiver play and I feel very fortunate to bring him to the University of Pittsburgh."
"I am very excited to join the Pitt football family," Bossard said. "I am really looking forward to working on Coach Wannstedt's staff and getting to know our wide receiver group in the coming days. Pitt football is on the rise and we are going to work to achieve great things in 2008."
Working with a young receiving corps this past season, Bossard oversaw the development of Freshman All-America wideout LaQuan Williams. He coached another Frosh All-American in Darrius Heyward-Bey during the 2006 campaign.
Prior to his Maryland tenure, Bossard coached the receivers at perennial I-AA power Delaware, his alma mater, from 2002-04. He also was on the Blue Hens' coaching staff from 1994-98 in the same capacity.
Bossard helped Delaware win the 2003 Division I-AA national title with a 15-1 mark. During that championship season, the Blue Hens had three different receivers catch 50 passes or more, an unprecedented achievement at UD. Delaware made three consecutive playoff berths from 1995-97, advancing to the national semifinals each year.
A native of Dover, Del., Bossard was an outstanding player himself for the Blue Hens from 1985-88. An All-Yankee Conference defensive back, he helped Delaware to two I-AA playoff berths. In his final collegiate season he collected 122 tackles and was selected the team's outstanding senior defensive player by the Blue Hen Touchdown Club.
Bossard broke into the collegiate coaching ranks as a graduate assistant at Delaware in 1990. He then coached defensive backs at Morehouse College (1991), West Chester University (1992) and Bucknell (1992-93).
In 1999, Bossard coached the receivers at Army before moving on to a defensive back coaching post at Wyoming during the 2000 and '01 seasons.
A 1989 graduate of Delaware with a bachelor's degree in agricultural business management, Bossard and his wife Kimber have two sons: Xen (4) and Xyon (11 mo.).
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