FLORENCE -- University of North Alabama head football coach Terry Bowden has added two new members to his coaching staff and made several shifts as the Lions approach their 2010 Spring workouts.

Bowden, who led UNA to an 11-2 record and a Gulf South Conference championship in his first season at the school, has added Tony Pecoraro and Dontae Wright to the defensive staff. In addition, Jeff Bowden, who served as a volunteer assistant in 2009, has also been hired as receivers coach.

Pecoraro will serve as defensive coordinator and current UNA assistant head coach Chris Willis will be co-defensive coordinator. Pecoraro will also coach the linebackers. Wright will be the defensive line and strength coach.

Bowden was also able to elevate Blake Farris from a graduate assistant coach to a restricted earnings position. Farris will continue to work with the UNA cornerbacks.

Pecoraro played linebacker at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Mo. He then finished his undergraduate work at Florida State where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Management in 2004. While at FSU he served as a student assistant coach, working with the quarterbacks from 2002-04.

Following his graduation from Florida State, Pecoraro became a graduate assistant coach at Webber International University in Babson Park, Fla., for the 2004 and 2005 seasons.

He served as linebackers coach for the Warriors. In 2006 he was elevated to the position of defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator at Webber International.

Pecoraro spent the 2007, 2008 and 2009 seasons back in Tallahassee, Fla., as a defensive graduate assistant coach at Florida State. He served as the Defensive Quality Control coach and worked with the linebackers for the Seminoles.

During his coaching career, Pecoraro has been a part of Atlantic Coast Conference championship teams in 2002 and 2003. He also helped coach five bowl teams as Florida State played in the Nokia Sugar Bowl in 2003, the FedEx Orange Bowl in 2004, the Music City Bowl in 2007, the Champs Bowl in 2008 and the Gator Bowl in 2009.

Wright, a 2007 graduate of Miami University of Ohio, joins the UNA staff as defensive line and strength coach. Wright has spent the last three seasons as a graduate assistant coach at the University of Kentucky.

He worked with the Wildcats' linebackers in 2007 and with the defensive line in 2008 and 2009.

Wright was a four-year letterman at Miami-Ohio where he played linebacker and on special teams. He earned a starting role at linebacker as a senior and was a team captain.

At Lawrence County (Ky.) High School, Wright played quarterback, wide receiver and safety and was an all-state selection in 2001. He also played in the Kentucky-Tennessee All-Star Game in 2002.

2010 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH ALABAMA FOOTBALL COACHING STAFF

HEAD COACH: Terry Bowden
alma mater: West Virginia (1978)
record at UNA: 11-2 (1 year)
collegiate record: 122-55-2 (16 years)
19-13-0 at Salem College
45-23-1 at Samford University
47-17-1 at Auburn University

ASSISTANT COACHES:
Offensive Coordinator/Off.Line: Alan Arrington (Mississippi, 1994)
Associate Head Coach/Receivers: Jeff Bowden (Florida State, 1983) Assistant Head Coach/Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary: Chris Willis (Delta State, 1999) Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers: Tony Pecoraro (Florida State, 2004) Recruiting Coordinator/ Running Backs: Steadman Campbell (Arkansas, 2002)
Defensive Line /Strength: Dontae Wright (Miami, Ohio, 2007)
Kickers: Mike King (Wes Alabama, 1974)
RESTRICTED EARNINGS COACHES:
Cornerbacks: Blake Farris (North Alabama, 2007)
Linebackers: Eric Little (North Alabama, 2007) Inside Receivers/Tight Ends: John Pont (Miami, Ohio, 2007) Football Operations: Ben Murphy (Florida State, 2007) GRADUATE ASSISTANT COACHES:
Quarterbacks: A.J. Milwee (North Alabama, 2009) STUDENT ASSISTANT COACHES:
Defensive Line: Michael Pendegrast