PITTSBURGH — Former Slippery Rock University defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator Jason Makrinos has been named co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach at Duquesne University.

Makrinos coached six All-PSAC defensive backs while at The Rock and helped the team win PSAC West championships in 2011 and 2013. He rejoined The Rock staff in 2010 after serving as the team’s graduate assistant coach in 2005-06.

A former defensive lineman at alma mater Westminster College, Makrinos is joining a Duquesne coaching staff led by Jerry Schmitt, who was Westminster’s head coach when Makrinos played there.

Makrinos becomes the second Rock assistant coach to leave the program since the end of the 2013 season. Offensive coordinator Phil Longo departed for that same position at Sam Houston State in Texas.

Plans for filling those vacancies at The Rock are being formulated.