EASTON, Pa. -- Bringing coaching experience from six different schools, Tom McEntire was named the Lafayette defensive backs coach on Thursday.

McEntire is coming off one season as the defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator and secondary coach at Baldwin Wallace in Berea, Ohio.

"I'm thrilled to add Tommy McEntire to our coaching staff. Tommy brings FCS and FBS coaching experience. He is a smart and detail-oriented coach who grew up in western Pennsylvania," said John Garrett, the Fred M. Kirby '42 Head Football Coach. "His ties to the Pittsburgh area will help us reestablish a recruiting presence in western PA. We welcome Tommy, his wife Giustina and their son Drew to College Hill."

Prior to Baldwin Wallace, McEntire worked as the offensive analyst at Wake Forest in 2017 and as the program's defensive analyst in 2018 on Dave Clawson's staff.

He also has significant FCS level coaching experience, spending four seasons (2013-16) as the safeties coach and camp coordinator at Delaware.

Before his stint in Delaware, he spent four seasons at Rutgers, serving as the cornerbacks coach in 2012 and tasked with player development from 2009-2011.

Prior to that, he coached the safeties at Maine in 2008 and spent 2006 and 2007 as the wide receivers and running backs coach at his alma mater, Thiel College.

McEntire graduated from Thiel, in his hometown of Greenville, Pa., in 2005 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration. He was a quarterback for one season and a wide receiver for the final three.