PITTSBURGH — Pitt football coach Dave Wannstedt is getting a two-year contract extension, the second he's received since being hired before the 2005 season.

The former Chicago Bears and Miami Dolphins coach already was under contract through 2012.

Wannstedt had a 16-19 record in his first three seasons, receiving his first extension hours before Pitt upset then-No. 2 West Virginia 13-9 to end the 2007 season.

The Panthers were a combined 19-7 in 2008 and 2009, going 10-3 and winning the Meineke Car Care Bowl by beating North Carolina 19-17 last season. They lost to Cincinnati 45-44 to end the regular season, costing them an appearance in a BCS bowl game.