Towson hired Canute Curtis to coach its defensive line in football. Curtis, a former NFL linebacker for the Cincinnati Bengals, has college coaching experience at Tennessee State, Hampton and a previous stint coaching linebackers at Towson. A 1997 graduate of West Virginia, Curtis was a finalist for both the Dick Butkus and Bronko Nagurski awards as a student-athlete.

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Coaches

Football – Rhode Island brought back former associate head coach/defensive coordinator Joe Trainer. Trainer left the Rams in December to join the coaching staff at Bowling Green