Alabama State adds two new assistants to football coaching staff

MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Alabama State head coach Donald Hill-Eley announced two additions to the football, including a former Hornet.

With the departure of Grady Brown to Louisville, Eley reached to former Hornet Travis Pearson to coach the safeties for the Hornets in 2018. Pearson, formerly the defensive coordinator at Alabama A&M, arrives at Alabama State after a two-year stint with the Hornets’ rival.

“It is a win-win for us,” Eley said. “Travis is an alum of Alabama State, and will bring some tradition back to our program. But more importantly, he is a great football coach and gives us an opportunity to have someone else in the room with history of the SWAC. It should really benefit us on that side of the ball.”

While at Alabama A&M, Pearson led the resurgence of the Bulldogs defense which at one point was the best defense in the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). Prior to the his stint at Alabama A&M, Pearson was the defensive coordinator at South Alabama for two years after serving one year as the linebackers’ coach.

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