In 1997 Harris won Big East Coach of the Year honors when he led his team to the Liberty Bowl , their first postseason game since 1989 . Harris led the Panthers to back-to-back 7 – 5 seasons and bowl appearances in 2000 and 2001 . In 2002 , Pittsburgh finished 9-4 after beating Oregon State , 38 – 13 , in the Insight Bowl . That year , he won the American Football Coaches Foundation ( AFCA ) Region I Coach of the Year . The Panthers went 8 – 5 after losing to Virginia in the Continental Tire Bowl in 2003
Big East
Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Walt Harris (coach)