Everyone move up one spot. Brandin Knight went from Director of Basketball Operations to Assistant Coach after Orlando Antigua left for Memphis. Now Brian Regan moves from Video Coordinator to Director of Basketball Operations.

“We are excited to promote Brian to our Director of Operations position,” Dixon said. “Brian has proved to be a valuable part of our program and has played a key role in our success. He brings with him extensive experience at several different levels. He is also thrilled to be working at Pitt and in his hometown of Pittsburgh.”

A native of Pittsburgh’s Northside, Regan has a combined 20 years of college coaching experience. He spent five seasons (2002-07) as an assistant basketball coach at Colgate University under Head Coach Emmett Davis. As a top assistant at Colgate, Regan’s responsibilities included recruiting, scouting and coordinating the Raiders’ summer basketball Day and Elite Prospect Camps. He also served as the academic coordinator for the program and worked primarily with the Raiders’ post players.

Prior to his stint at Colgate, Regan served as an associate head coach at Assumption College under Head Coach Tom Ackerman. During his three-year tenure (1999-2002), Assumption posted one of its most successful seasons in school history, advanced to the NCAA Division II Tournament “Sweet Sixteen,” captured the Northeast-10 championship and compiled a 24-6 record.

Regan is no stranger to the Western Pennsylvania coaching ranks after having served assistant coaching stints at Slippery Rock University (1994-99), LaRoche College (1993-94) and Robert Morris University (1990-93). During his tenure at Robert Morris, the Colonials won the Northeast Conference title and advanced to the NCAA Tournament in 1992. Regan began his coaching career as a graduate assistant coach at Pitt, serving for two seasons (1988-90) under Head Coach Paul Evans. He helped guide the Panthers to an NCAA Tournament berth in 1989.

A 1988 graduate of Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pa., Regan earned a degree in communications. He also attended the Kiski School in Saltsburg, Pa. His father, the late “Baldy” Regan, served as a Pittsburgh city councilman.

So, is there a graduate assistant up for a promotion?

We haven’t heard much about the Legends Classic in a few weeks. Just that Pitt was a likely participant. Jeff Goodman at FoxSports.com, has this today.

The word I’m getting is that the four teams in the Legends Classic will be Pittsburgh, Mississippi State, Washington State and Texas Tech.

Those would be the “host” teams for the opening round. The participating teams are not known. From a competitive standpoint, this actually looks like a great little tournament. From a buzz creator, well, no. Assuming Pitt makes it to the Prudential Center in New Jersey, they will be school most likely to travel well.

Looks like the campus rounds will be on November 20-23 and the games in NJ on November 28 and 29.

Brilliant. The Backyard Brawl is November 28. Hmmm. Looks like that noontime start may not be such a bad thing.