After a 30-year tenure as head coach , Bemis was succeeded in 1984 by Joe Luxbacher , a former standout player and captain for the program who also served as an assistant under Bemis . Pitt moved from the West Penn conference to the Big East Conference for the 1985 season . In that first season in the Big East , Pitt finished atop the Big East South Division with an undefeated 4-0 record and appeared in the 1985 Big East Tournament where they lost their first game eventual Big East tournament champion Syracuse . Pitt followed that with a second place in the South Division in 1986 . Pitt would also finish second in the regular season conference standings in 1992 and 1995 , years when the Big East was not broken into divisions , with Luxbacher winning Big East Coach of the Year in each of those seasons . While a member of the Big East , Pitt would advance to the Big East soccer tournament six times , including in 1995 , when an injury riddled team set a program record for number of wins , including victories over 11th-ranked St. John 's and 4th-ranked Rutgers . The 1995 team lost in the Big East tournament championship game to St. John 's , but finished the season ranked 22nd in the nation in the final Coaches ' Poll
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