Mt. Lebanon coach resigns to join Pitt
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Chris Haering has spent the past 18 seasons coaching football in the WPIAL. Next season, he will be on the Pitt sideline.
Haering has resigned as Mt. Lebanon High School's coach to become an assistant at Pitt under new coach Paul Chryst. Haering told Mt. Lebanon's players the news Monday and also gave the school his letter of resignation.
Haering coached Mt. Lebanon for 17 seasons and had a 111-71 record. He won the 2003 WPIAL Class AAAA championship and made the playoffs 13 times. He also coached at Hampton for one season (1994) and had an 8-3 record there.
Haering was a standout linebacker at West Virginia University in the late 1980s and Chryst was a graduate assistant at WVU in 1989-90.
Mt. Lebanon athletic director John Grogan said he didn't believe Haering longed to be a college coach, but Grogan said, "If you're asking my opinion, it's just the right situation for him. I think he's had a relationship with [Chryst] for a long time. The fact that he wouldn't have to move his family I think also played a big role in this."
Haering, his wife and two children live in Wexford. Haering also was a social studies teacher at Mt. Lebanon.
"Chris did such a good job here for so long, and represented the community and the district so well," Grogan said. "Obviously, we need to make a good hire, not only to get a good football coach, but also a quality person to continue the tradition we enjoy."
First Published January 3, 2012 12:00 am
