Dann Kabala Position: Player Personnel Director

Dann Kabala enters his second season as player personnel director for the University of Pittsburgh football team. In this capacity Kabala impacts nearly every area and person within the Panthers' program, including on-campus recruiting, operations and eligibility.

Kabala's appointment on Paul Chryst's staff marked his return to Pitt and Western Pennsylvania. A Pittsburgh native and graduate of Fox Chapel High School, he previously worked with Pitt football as a graduate assistant from 2005-07.

This past year, Kabala played an instrumental role in the signing of Pitt's 27-player recruiting class, ranked 20th nationally and third in the Atlantic Coast Conference by Scout.com. It was a continuation of his successful track record. Prior to Pitt, Kabala spent four years at the University of Arkansas, where he helped the Razorbacks sign three consecutive top 25 recruiting classes from 2010-12.

Kabala served the Arkansas football program in the areas of on-campus recruiting, eligibility coordination and academic support. He also was responsible for such successful initiatives as the Game Day Guest Professor program, the "Razorback 1000-Yard Club," which served to reinforce academic and community achievement, and the Football Academic Game Plan, which helped UA's football student-athletes achieve unprecedented levels of success in the classroom.

On the field, Arkansas posted 10-win seasons in each of Kabala's final two years. The 2011 Razorbacks finished with an 11-2 record, No. 5 national ranking and a victory over Kansas State in the Cotton Bowl.

Kabala boasts experience on the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football. He began his career as a football operations intern with his alma mater Indiana University (Bloomington). He later spent two seasons in the National Football League working with the Jacksonville Jaguars' operations department.

Kabala earned his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. He graduated with high distinction from Indiana with a degree in sports marketing and management in 2001. Kabala played college football at Johns Hopkins University and was ranked eighth nationally in kickoff return average as a freshman.

He is married to the former Becky King, a Penn Hills native and University of Pittsburgh graduate.

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born: October 7, 1978

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.

Alma Mater: Indiana University, 2001

Family: Kabala is married to the former Becky King.