Chris Haering Position: Linebackers

One of the WPIAL's most respected football coaches over the past two decades, Chris Haering enters his first year as linebackers coach at Pitt.

Haering joins the Panthers following an impressive tenure at nearby Mt. Lebanon High School, where he served as head football coach the past 17 years. He compiled a 111-71 record from 1995-2011, leading the Blue Devils to 13 WPIAL playoff appearances and sending numerous players on to college football.

In 2000, Mt. Lebanon won the WPIAL Class AAAA championship when it defeated Woodland Hills, 14-13, in the final high school game ever played at Three Rivers Stadium. The game is still considered one of the most thrilling title games in recent WPIAL history.

Prior to Mt. Lebanon, Haering was the head coach at Hampton High in 1994 and led the program to an 8-3 mark and WPIAL playoff berth.

Haering also brings to Pitt an accomplished background as a collegiate player. He was a standout linebacker at West Virginia University from 1986-89, and is considered one of the Mountaineers' finest to ever play the position. Haering earned his bachelor's degree in secondary education from WVU in 1989.

It was at West Virginia that Haering first met Paul Chryst, who was a graduate assistant coach under Don Nehlen in 1989 and 1990.

Haering comes from a family of coaches. His father, Chuck, grew up in Pittsburgh and was a longtime coach on the NCAA Division II level. His uncle, Joe, is a linebackers coach at Southern Methodist University and had prior coaching stints in the National Football League, Canadian Football League and as head coach of the Pittsburgh Gladiators in the Arena Football League. Additionally, Chris' younger brother, Mark, was a highly successful head coach at Pueblo South High (Colo.).

Haering and his wife Melissa have two children: daughter Madison and son Mark.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Birthdate: June 10, 1967

Hometown: Pueblo, Colo.

Alma Mater: West Virginia, 1989

Family: Haering and his wife Melissa have two children: daughter Madison and son Mark.

COACHING EXPERIENCE

High School

Hampton (Pa.) High, 1993, assistant coach; 1994, head coach.

Mt. Lebanon (Pa.) High: 1995-2011, head coach.

College

West Virginia, 1991, graduate assistant.

Pittsburgh, 2012, linebackers.