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2015 PITT PANTHERS SPRING FOOTBALL
Dann Kabala
Player Personnel Director and Recruiting Coordinator
A highly valuable figure in Pitt's year-round recruiting and evaluation efforts, Dann Kabala
serves as the Panthers' player personnel director and recruiting coordinator.
The 2015 season marks the fourth year of Kabala's second tour at Pitt. A Pittsburgh native
and graduate of Fox Chapel High School, he previously worked with the Panthers as a graduate
assistant from 2005-07. Kabala returned in a full-time capacity in 2012 and has been an
instrumental figure for Pitt's rising program.
Prior to Pitt, he spent four years at the University of Arkansas, where he helped the Razorbacks
sign three consecutive top 25 recruiting classes from 2010-12.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Born: October 7, 1978
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pa.
Alma Mater: Indiana University,
2001
Family: Kabala is married to the
former Becky King.
Kabala served the Arkansas football program in the areas of on-campus recruiting, eligibility
coordination and academic support. He also was responsible for such successful initiatives
as the Game Day Guest Professor program; the Razorback 1000-Yard Club, which served to
reinforce academic and community achievement; and the Football Academic Game Plan,
which helped UA’s football student-athletes achieve unprecedented levels of success in the
classroom.
On the field, Arkansas posted 10-win seasons in each of Kabala’s final two years. The 2011
Razorbacks finished with an 11-2 record, No. 5 national ranking and a victory over Kansas
State in the Cotton Bowl.
Kabala boasts experience on the high school, collegiate and professional levels of football.
He began his career as a football operations intern with his alma mater Indiana University
(Bloomington). He later spent two seasons in the National Football League working with the
Jacksonville Jaguars’ operations department.
Kabala graduated with high distinction from Indiana with a degree in sports marketing and
management in 2001 and earned his MBA from the University of Pittsburgh in 2007. Kabala
played college football at Johns Hopkins University and was ranked eighth nationally in
kickoff return average as a freshman.
He is married to the former Becky King, a Penn Hills native and University of Pittsburgh
graduate.
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