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Crisan's Kickoff: Narduzzi a product of Griffin's teachings at Rhode Island

The student has become the master.

From being a coach's kid growing up, to learning as he went along throughout his football career, Pat Narduzzi always had influences around which helped shape him into the coach he is today.

His father, Bill Narduzzi, helped build Youngstown State University's program into a winning one in the 1970s and 1980s, and was undoubtedly the main influence on how Pat would grow and forge his own path in the football world.

But, towards the top of the list of influences is legendary Rhode Island coach Bob Griffin.