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GREG GATTUSO completed his third season on the Pitt coaching staff and his second coaching the Panthers' defensive line. Following the 2007 season, he was promoted to assistant head coach by Dave Wannstedt. A former All-East defensive lineman himself at Penn State during the early 1980s, Gattuso helped mold defensive end Joe Clermond into an all-star caliber player last year. Clermond was selected All-Big East after leading the conference with 16.5 tackles for losses. Gattuso originally joined the Pitt staff as tight ends coach and recruiting coordinator in 2005. In his first season, he helped the Panthers sign a recruiting class rated the nation's 11th best by Scout.com. A Western Pennsylvania native, Gattuso brings to Pitt a winning resume as a coach and player on both the collegiate and high school levels. Before joining Pitt, Gattuso spent 12 years building neighboring Duquesne University into one of the elite I-AA football programs in the country. The winningest coach in school history, the Dukes went 97-32 (.752) under his direction, won eight Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) titles, made five bowl appearances and captured the 2003 consensus Mid-Major Division I-AA national championship. Gattuso was twice named the national Mid-Major I-AA Coach of the Year and was a seven-time MAAC Coach of the Year. The Dukes dominated the MAAC during his tenure, going 66-7 (.904) in league play, including a 33-game winning streak. Gattuso was an assistant coach at Duquesne in 1992 before taking over the head coaching post the following year. He previously served as head coach at his high school alma mater, Seton-LaSalle, from 1989-91. Taking over a team that went 6-34 during the four seasons prior to his arrival, Gattuso led the Rebels to a 28-10-1 mark (.731), including three WPIAL playoff berths, a WPIAL championship and Parkway Conference title. A 1980 graduate of Seton-LaSalle High, Gattuso was named the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette's Class AA Player of the Year his senior season and went on to a standout career at Penn State, where he was a two-time All-East defensive lineman and a member of the Lions' 1982 national title team. Gattuso is a 1983 graduate of Penn State with a bachelor's degree in administration and criminal justice. Personal Information Born: 5/18/62 Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa. Alma Mater: Penn State, `83 Family: Gattuso and his wife Colleen have two daughters, Jacqueline (20) and Kaitlin (15). Coaching Experience College: Penn State, 1984, graduate assistant. Duquesne, 1987, assistant coach; 1992, assistant coach; 1993-2004, head coach. Pittsburgh, 2005, tight ends & recruiting coordinator; 2006-present, defensive line. High School: Seton-LaSalle (Pa.), 1985, junior varsity coach; 1989-91, head coach. Center Township (Pa.), 1986, defensive coordinator. |
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