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Wannstedt change of heart complete

ESPN.com news services

Thursday, December 23, 2004

PITTSBURGH -- Former Dolphins coach Dave Wannstedt accepted the coaching job at alma mater Pittsburgh on Thursday, exactly a week after he turned the Panthers down and said he wasn't ready to coach again. "Yeah, I'm going to do it," Wannstedt told ESPN's Chris Mortensen. "The more I thought about it and talked it over with Jan [his wife], I realized that this was the right job for me at this stage of my career. Jan said, 'Who are you fooling about doing TV? You're a coach. Let's go home.' " ...

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