Though it’s unknown whether Bengals coach Marvin Lewis will have any suitors in the NFL after his contract expires in Cincinnati, he reportedly has a prospective employer in the college ranks.
Michael Lombardi of NFL Network reports that the University of Pittsburgh has Lewis on its short list of candidates to replace Mike Haywood, who had a George O’Leary-style tenure with the Panthers.
Lewis was an assistant at Pitt from 1990 through 1992, on a staff that included at one point three future NFL head coaches: Lewis, Jon Gruden, and Mike McCarthy.
It’s unknown whether Lewis has any interest in the Pitt job, or whether Pitt has budgeted the kind of money that would make him interested in the job.