Virginia’s sports information office has yet to identify Bob Trott as the newest member of its football staff, but Trott already is listed in UVa’s directory as a “faculty” member in the football office.

Trott, most recently a member of the defensive staff of ousted Cleveland Browns coach Romeo Crennel, was an All-ACC defensive back at North Carolina when Virginia head coach Al Groh was a Tar Heels assistant in the 1970s.

Trott, 54, has been a defensive coordinator at Arkansas, Clemson, Baylor, Duke and Louisiana-Monroe. He also has coached in the NFL with the New York Giants and New England Patriots and has a background in the 3-4 scheme that Groh favors.

As a position coach, Trott mostly has worked with the secondary and it remains to be seen if he will fill the linebackers vacancy created by Bobby Diaco’s departure for Cincinnati. Groh, who could not be reached for comment, said in an interview last week that he might handle the coordinator’s duties himself and not give the title to another coach.