Pittsburgh makes moves to coaching staff

Cory Sanders was named to the coaching staff at Pittsburgh, one of three moves the school announced Saturday. Sanders will serve as safeties coach under Pat Narduzzi, who also promoted defensive line coach Charlie Partridge to assistant head coach. Last season, Sanders was the defensive backs coach at Western Michigan, helping Darius Phillips and Sam Beal earn All-Mid-American Conference honors. He also has four years of head coaching experience at the Division II level. "Cory Sanders really impressed us during the interview process," Narduzzi said. "We will be adding a young, up-and-coming coach who has outstanding football knowledge and really excels at teaching the fundamentals. Cory is also a relentless recruiter with a great eye for evaluation." Partridge is entering his second season with the Panthers after serving as head coach at Florida Atlantic for the previous three years. "In only a year's time, Charlie Partridge has made a tremendous impact on our program," Narduzzi said. "Charlie is universally respected for the type of leader, coach and person he is. His promotion to assistant head coach is well deserved as he has been so invaluable in so many different areas." Narduzzi also brought in Paris Johnson as assistant director of player personnel. Johnson was the safeties coach at Savannah State last season.