Following four straight NCAA regional appearances at Mercyhurst , Jordano became head coach at Pitt . Inheriting a rebuilding project in the Big East Conference that was growing stronger as it expanded , Jordano 's tenure with the Panthers delivered results including national rankings , seven thirty win seasons , two Big East Coach of the Year awards . Jordano led the Panthers in the transition into the powerful Atlantic Coast Conference beginning in 2014 . On March 2 , 2011 , Jordano won his 403rd game at Pitt to become the school 's all-time leader in wins with a 3 – 1 victory over Coastal Carolina . The next season , Jordano claimed his 700th overall win with a 3 – 2 defeat of Akron . . On February 28 , 2016 , Jordano earned his 800th NCAA Collegiate win with a 18-5 victory over Grambling State . Coach Jordano hit another milestone with a 9-1 victory over UMass on March 3 , 2018 notching his 850th win . Despite scholarship and roster limits while at Pitt , Jordano , his staff and teams built a very respectable program over his twenty one years as skipper
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Big East Conference (1979–2013)
Joe Jordano