PITTSBURGH (AP) Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi's biggest coup during the offseason might not be the any of the players who signed letters of intent to join the reigning ACC Coastal Division champions, but a 61-year-old passing game guru with a reputation as a quarterback whisperer.

Welcome back to Pittsburgh, Mark Whipple.

More than a decade removed from a stint as the quarterbacks coach for the Pittsburgh Steelers - where he mentored rookie Ben Roethlisberger - Whipple is back in town working on the other side of the building the Steelers share with the Panthers as Pitt's new offensive coordinator. His goal is to revitalize a unit that became alarmingly one-dimensional in 2018 even as the Panthers reached the ACC title game for the first time.