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Odd fact: He will be coaching at PittsburgH and he also coached at Pittsburg (no H) State in Kansas. Doubt anyone else can make that claim of coaching both Pittsburgh and Pittsburg.
Impressive Resume
Nice hire!
Hopefully he has the time to do some serious recruiting.
Isn't that pretty much where the men were too when the hired Vidovich? It's obviously not going to turn around overnight, but having a great coach is more than half of the battle.Yeah and Pitt didn't win a conference game and ACC had 6 in top25.
Greg Miller undervalued local talent
I was literally just texting with the Dad of one of the top 5 players to come out of here in the last 5 years. Miller offered her 40% scholarship. And Pitt doesn't have the academic money to add to it. She committed instead to a national power for a much better package. And is/will be an integral part of the team.Several people have told me that part of the problem was that he thought local girls should be willing to take less scholarship money just so they could play for Pitt. For some reason, almost none of them agreed with him. Imagine that.
I think he overvalued Canadians and players from other states...thus leaving less $ for locals.Several people have told me that part of the problem was that he thought local girls should be willing to take less scholarship money just so they could play for Pitt. For some reason, almost none of them agreed with him. Imagine that.
I was literally just texting with the Dad of one of the top 5 players to come out of here in the last 5 years. Miller offered her 40% scholarship. And Pitt doesn't have the academic money to add to it. She committed instead to a national power for a much better package. And is/will be an integral part of the team.
Several people have told me that part of the problem was that he thought local girls should be willing to take less scholarship money just so they could play for Pitt. For some reason, almost none of them agreed with him. Imagine that.
my guess is pitt has 14 fully funded scholarships available for women's soccer. Some schools may not be fully funded and don't have that kind of money available. The staff break up that money and give some players full scholarship, some partial and some nothing at all. Due to title IX, the NCAA sets the number of scholarships for sports and genders. For example, Womens soccer is 14. Men's soccer only has either 9 or 11 scholarships at their disposal. All sports are different though.Quick question for JoePantherFan or fk (or anyone that can help). I'm trying to understand how the scholarships work for the Olympic sports since you guys were talking about them here.
My understanding is in the past, these sports weren't fully funded (ie. Pitt didn't max out the scholarship limits for these sports), correct? Are these sports fully funded now?
Also, I'm guessing the limits are less than the number of players, so that is why some players are getting X% of a scholarship, correct?
Just trying to get a better understanding. Thanks for all the insight you guys put in these threads! I really do enjoy reading.
Keep in mind that teams carry 25-35 players and divvy up the 14 scholarships as they choose.Quick question for JoePantherFan or fk (or anyone that can help). I'm trying to understand how the scholarships work for the Olympic sports since you guys were talking about them here.
My understanding is in the past, these sports weren't fully funded (ie. Pitt didn't max out the scholarship limits for these sports), correct? Are these sports fully funded now?
Also, I'm guessing the limits are less than the number of players, so that is why some players are getting X% of a scholarship, correct?
Just trying to get a better understanding. Thanks for all the insight you guys put in these threads! I really do enjoy reading.
The staff break up that money and give some players full scholarship, some partial and some nothing at all.
Quick question for JoePantherFan or fk (or anyone that can help). I'm trying to understand how the scholarships work for the Olympic sports since you guys were talking about them here.
My understanding is in the past, these sports weren't fully funded (ie. Pitt didn't max out the scholarship limits for these sports), correct? Are these sports fully funded now?
Also, I'm guessing the limits are less than the number of players, so that is why some players are getting X% of a scholarship, correct?
Just trying to get a better understanding. Thanks for all the insight you guys put in these threads! I really do enjoy reading.
All sports at Pitt are now fully funded to the max allowable scholarships by the NCAA.
There are 2 types of sports: head count sports and equivalency sports.
Head count sports means that sport is restricted by the number of students that are on athletic scholarships. You can't divide the scholarships in order to give them to more players. You could, in theory, give a half scholarship I believe, but the total number of students receiving any athletic scholarship, full or partial, is capped. There are only a few head count sports and they only exist in D1: Football (85 for FBS); men's (13) and women's (15) basketball, women's volleyball (12), women's gymnastics (12), and women's tennis (8). So for instance, you can only have 8 athletes on scholarship for women's tennis, whether they get a full or partial scholarship. But in all of these head count sports, these students would almost always likely get full scholarships.
Equivalency sports means that athletic scholarships can be divided into any number that you want and that there is, in theory, an unlimited number of athletes that can be on a full or partial scholarship. However, the total number of "full" scholarships is capped. So, for instance, women's soccer has 14 equivalency scholarships in D1. You can split those 14 up 14 ways, or 114 ways...it is up to the coach. But obviously, you need to be competitive with your financial offers with what you recruiting rivals are offering, so it often depends on how special your recruit is and how you are building your program and plugging holes. So with equivalency sports, which is obviously most sports in the NCAA, there can be more of a financial package bidding war aspect to recruiting.
Hope that helps. If interested, scholarship limits can be viewed here: http://www.scholarshipstats.com/ncaalimits.html
Many kids can get most of their tuition paid for. Many don't. Case in point. My daughter plays soccer currently at a mid major. There's plenty of money floating around. Most soccer players are good students so the soccer program can foot the bill for 1/2 and academic scholarships can often make up the rest. I know several girls who have played at Duquesne or have been offered by Duquesne, and they are going to school for free or close to it. I don't think that's the case at Pitt because they don't have the academic money to throw around. I have heard that WVU usually offers girls 5000/yr but they have more academic money available. So girls can go to a national power like WVU and pay less than what they would at Pitt.There probably aren't that many players in the NCAA that get a full soccer scholarship. Someone like Mallory Pugh when she was at UCLA, and some other top level players. But given the scholarship limitations I can't imagine many women, and even fewer men, get full scholarships. And I can't believe that any current Pitt players were well thought of enough of out high school to warrant an offer like that.
Many kids can get most of their tuition paid for. Many don't. Case in point. My daughter plays soccer currently at a mid major. There's plenty of money floating around. Most soccer players are good students so the soccer program can foot the bill for 1/2 and academic scholarships can often make up the rest. I know several girls who have played at Duquesne or have been offered by Duquesne, and they are going to school for free or close to it. I don't think that's the case at Pitt because they don't have the academic money to throw around. I have heard that WVU usually offers girls 5000/yr but they have more academic money available. So girls can go to a national power like WVU and pay less than what they would at Pitt.