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Madison - Just received confirmation from a Wisconsin source that offensive coordinator Paul Chryst has accepted an offer to become the next head coach at Pittsburgh.

The 2012 Rose Bowl will be his last as UW's offensive coordinator.

He's gone.

Pittsburgh officials are set to formally announce the hiring during a news conference sometime Thursday afternoon.

In our story on Chryst's hiring, I note he could ask several UW assistants to join him at Pitt.

Perhaps the most obvious targets would be offensive line coach Bob Bostad and tight ends coach Joe Rudolph.

Bostad is considered one of the top offensive line coaches in the nation. Rudolph is considered a rising assistant, grew up in Belle Vernon, Pa., and recruits Ohio and western Pennsylvania for UW.



However, since UW coach Bret likes to promote from within his staff, he could promote Bostad or Rudolph to offensive coordinator or make them co-coordinators.

Another name to watch is running backs coach Thomas Hammock.

Hammock is in his first season on the UW staff but he showed promise as Minnesota's co-offensive coordinator in 2010.