Pittsburgh fires HC Mike Haywood after domestic violence arrest

[Sgt John]

Pittsburgh has hired Miami (Ohio) coach Mike Haywood as its new head coach, a source close to the situation said Wednesday night.

The five-year deal has been agreed to and could be announced as early as Thursday.

Haywood led the RedHawks to a turnaround from 1-11 in 2009 to 9-4 in 2010, including 8-1 in conference play. Miami beat Northern Illinois 26-21 in the MAC championship game and will face Middle Tennessee in the GoDaddy.com Bowl on Jan. 6.

It has not been determined if Haywood will coach Miami in its bowl game, but the late nature of the game makes it less likely.

Haywood succeeds Dave Wannstedt, who resigned under pressure after six seasons. He will be the first African-American football or men's basketball coach in Pittsburgh history.

Haywood played and coached at Notre Dame and has also coached at LSU and Texas.

 

[Kingdome]

Haywood was fired today. Pitt may need to look for a new AD too after this debacle.

 

[Sgt John]

Haywood was fired by Pitt today after being arrested by South Bend Indiana Police for a felony domestic violence incident.

 

[Cerberus]

With all the trouble that team is or had recently off the feild, he was just trying to prove he belonged there.

 

[derringer007]

These coaches and players be it college or pro sports dont seem to get it that the media always finds out and will bring them down these idiots

 

[Kingdome]

The Pitt AD is a dunce:

Haywood officially introduced as Pitt’s coach | CollegeFootballTalk


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johnz1959 says: Dec 16, 2010 9:26 PM

The sock you want to put in Ben’s mouth would be the matching pair to the sock Haywood holds. These two guys are one in the same. While Ben finds them in the bathroom of a bar, Haywood finds them on the campus of the University who employs him. He has and continues to have sex with former students from every school he has coached at. He even had a sexual harassment complaint filed against him at Lsu during his time as a coach there. So while you judge the character of Saban, realize that Haywood was taking lessons and implamenting them into his personal life.
Ask any coach that he has worked for, along with the secretaries of the football offices and you will find that they all share one common link. Mike Haywood is a lying, cheating, scum-bag!
If that doesn’t sway you, reach out to his relators who he sleeps with or the local restaraunts/bars and you shall find a woman with whom he has had sexual relations with. The staff at Pitt will soon realize what type of man they hired. The AD…”he is the type of man we were looking for”… if that man is a disgusting PIG, I think he is at the wrong school. I thought your mascot was a Panther? You can put lipstick on a PIG, but it’s still a PIG!!!

 

[Kingdome]

More:

- Pitt AD Steve Pederson is the same clown that ruined Nebraska football
- He allegedly hired Bill Callahan because he looked like Beau Bridges

Pitt needs to fire this clown ASAP.


They also need to sue Parker Executive Search:

Pitt athletic director Steve Pederson, who conducted the eight-day search, said he had "extensive meetings" with "five college head coaches" that he had identified from a list of about 400 in a database provided by Parker Executive Search, the firm the university hired to assist in the coaching search.

 

[Sgt John]

Who is going to take this job now? Maybe a refugee from Florida?

 

[Kingdome]

I heard that long time Penn State DC Tom Bradley may be a candidate.

 

[Sgt John]

Really? Guess he is tired of waiting for Paterno to hang it up.