NIU's Bill Bleil joins Pitt's football staff

Reprinted with permission from Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH - University of Pittsburgh football coach Walt Harris took one more step toward filling his coaching staff yesterday when he announced the hiring of Northern Illinois University tight ends assistant Bill Bleil. Bleil will coach tight ends and tackles, which is a post similar to the one he had at Northern Illinois. He'll have his work cut our for him because the Panthers lost two of the three starters at those positions. "Tackles and tight ends work so closely together it is a good combination of groups to coach," said Bleil, who has 22 years of coaching experience. "I like to work with athletic players as does every coach, but to me, it is more important to have a motor that