8:22 a.m., April 19, 2007--The University of Delaware has announced several changes to the Fightin' Blue Hens football coaching staff, with Head Coach K.C. Keeler hiring T.J. DiMuzio as running backs coach and Bob Acosta as tight ends coach and giving current assistant coach Dyran Peake specific responsibilities as cornerbacks coach.

DiMuzio, a 2006 UD graduate, replaces James Perry, who was named quarterbacks and receivers coach at Brown University earlier this month. Acosta, who coached last season at Monmouth (N.J.) Regional High School, replaces Brian McArdle, who left the staff to move to the high school coaching ranks.

Peake, who has served as a defensive backs assistant coach at Delaware for the last two seasons, will take over responsibilities as cornerbacks coach.

“We are excited to have T.J. rejoin our coaching staff and to work with Bob Acosta once again,” Keeler said. “We lost two outstanding coaches in James Perry and Brian McArdle, but T.J. and Bob are both talented coaches and hard workers who will get the most out of our players. Dyran Peake has done an outstanding job working with our secondary, especially the cornerbacks, the last two years.”

DiMuzio, a native of Pennington, N.J., played quarterback for the Hens and returns to the UD coaching staff after serving as tights ends coach at Hofstra during the 2006 season. DiMuzio served as a student assistant at UD during the 2006 season and worked with the linebackers.

He earned his degree in leadership and consumer economics from UD in 2006. His father, Tom, was an All-America quarterback for the Hens from 1967-69.

A native of West New York, N.J., Acosta played for and coached with Keeler at Rowan (N.J.) College. A standout defensive back at Rowan, he helped lead Keeler's teams to a four-year record of 43-9 from 1996-99. At Monmouth Regional last season, Acosta led the team to a school record for wins at 8-3. The team won its first outright Shore Conference Liberty Division championship and won its first ever New Jersey state playoff game with a 32-14 victory over Ocean High School in a Central Jersey Group III quarterfinal game.

Peake, a 2001 graduate of Catawba (N.C.) College, where he was an All-South Atlantic Conference safety, began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Duke University in 2001-03, was tight ends coach at Cornell University in 2004, and joined the UD staff as defensive backs assistant in 2005.

He worked with former defensive backs coach Isaac Collins in 2005 and with current defensive backs coach and defensive coordinator Nick Rapone during the 2006 campaign.