The Eastern football coaching staff is going through more off-season changes, as they lost wide receivers coach Brian Flynn and defensive line coach Derrick Jackson.

Flynn, who spent three seasons with the Panthers, left Charleston for a wide receivers coaching job at Villanova, and Jackson, who spent two years at Eastern, left to take over the defensive line at Northern Illinois.

“We’ve adjusted within the staff (to fill the positions),” Eastern head coach Bob Spoo said.

Defensive coordinator Roc Bellantoni will take over the defensive line duties after coaching the linebackers for the last four years. Forrest Jackson, who joined Eastern’s staff last season and assisted with the linebackers, will take over linebackers coaching duties.

Special teams coordinator Jeff Choate will replace Flynn as the wide receivers coach. Choate is in his first season with Eastern, after being hired in January to exclusively coach special teams.

“These are the coaches we are going to use through the spring,” Spoo said. “After the spring, I’ll look at the staff and decide if we want to hire someone else.”

These changers come after Eastern lost offensive coordinator Jon Carr, who left to take a job at Toledo, and two new coaches were hired to the Panther’s staff, Choate and quarterback coach Steve Brickey.

Under Derrick Jackson, Eastern had three second-team Ohio Valley Conference selections – defensive linemen Clint Alexander (2002) and Marcus Lorick (2003) and defensive end Kory Lothe (2003, 2004). Lorick was also a second team All-American pick and a first team OVC selection last season.

Last year, Jackson’s line helped the Panthers allow an average of just 114 rushing yards per game (fourth in the OVC).

Flynn had one first team OVC selection in his time with the Panthers’ wide receiver Ryan Voss (2004). Eastern was fourth in the conference in receiving yards per game (224) last season.