ISU coach Paul Rhoads filled out his coaching staff with the hiring of Troy Douglas as secondary coach, the school announced Thursday.

Douglas coached the secondary at North Carolina and South Florida for three seasons each before coming to Iowa State to fill the void of Bobby Elliot, who left to take an assistant coaching position at Notre Dame.

“Troy possesses a dynamic background after years of coaching the secondary at the BCS level,” Rhoads said in a news release. “His experience recruiting the state of Florida is important to our program. He coached with [ISU defensive coordinator] Wally Burnham at South Florida, so he came highly recommended.”

It was not announced, however, if Douglas also would assume the duties as recruiting coordinator, which Elliot held in his time here.

In his 25 years of coaching at the collegiate level, Douglas has coached the secondary for 23 of them, 14 of which were spent at six different FBS schools.

“I was intrigued by the upward direction the Iowa State football program is heading under Paul Rhoads,” Douglas said. “Paul Rhoads is known as a guy who has worked the defensive side of the ball, and in the secondary specifically, and that also made this an attractive opportunity. Finally, I have worked under Wally Burnham and he has my greatest respect. Each played a role in my decision to come here.”