James Truxillo appears to be the next addition to Kim Dameron’s Eastern football staff.

A Twitter account appeared online Jan. 19 under the handle @JamesTruxillo. The Twitter bio states he is a safeties coach for Eastern. He lists his location as Charleston and his website as eiupanthers.com, the official website of the Eastern athletic department.

Truxillo tweeted on Jan. 19 that he was showing defensive backs coach Tony Gilbert around the facilities, along with a photo of the inside of the football office at O’Brien Field.

Rich Moser, Eastern’s associate athletic director, and head of media and public relations for the athletic department, said the announcement would come shortly.

“Athletics has to wait for official paper work on campus before we can officially announce anything,” Moser said in an email Tuesday. “I hope to have all that done Wednesday.”

Truxillo spent two seasons as a graduate assistant with Louisiana-Monroe, assisting with the defense. In his playing days, he was a four-year starter at Louisiana-Monroe, playing safety. He was a team captain during the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He earned All-Sun Belt Second Team honors and was a nominee for the 2009 Danny Wuerffel Award for Academics, Athletics and Community during his senior season.

In 2008, Truxillo earned First-Team Academic All-American honors from ESPN The Magazine. He graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in criminal justice in December 2009. He earned a Master’s of Science degree in exercise science in December 2011.

Truxillo, 26, is a native of Jefferson, La.