Tommy John surgery ended a promising baseball career for Toler Keigley, but started him down the path to becoming a major college football player. Keigley was a prominent fixture on the travel baseball scene in Florida growing up and played shortstop and pitcher all the way up to his freshman season at Gulf Breeze High… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio
East Carolina football coach Mike Houston spoke with the news media via Zoom on Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020, after the sixth day of preseason camp (AUDIO ONLY). https://bonesville.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/080520_Mike-Houston_Audio_via_almyatt_131227_001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
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Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio
East Carolina football coach Mike Houston spoke with the media via Zoom after the team’s Monday morning practice session (AUDIO ONLY). https://bonesville.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/080320_Mike-Houston_Audio_via_almyatt_131225_001.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Houston sees improvement in heat
The East Carolina football team is trying to stay in the moment as the Coronavirus and potentially stormy weather make the future uncertain. But two days into practice for the 2020 season, Pirates coach Mike Houston has seen improvement. “It was a typical eastern North Carolina August morning this morning so that was good,” Houston… [ More… ]
Preseason Camp Audio Feature
Mike Houston Audio
East Carolina football coach Mike Houston spoke with the media via Zoom on a variety of topics on Friday, July 13. 2020, as the Pirates Opened preseason camp (AUDIO ONLY). https://bonesville.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/MH-Audio-Edit.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
Special Audio Feature
Jon Gilbert Audio
East Carolina athletic director Jon Gilbert spoke with the media via Zoom on Friday, July 31, 2020. Gilbert touched on evolving decisions related to logistics, scheduling, health protocols, societal issues and other topics (AUDIO ONLY). https://bonesville.net/site/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/JG-Audio-Edit.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | RSS
Football Recruiting
Pirates reaping dividends from Tri-City focus
To say that East Carolina has established a recruiting base in the Tri-City area of Virginia would be an understatement. The stretch along the Interstate 95 corridor that runs from Richmond to Petersburg has produced current Pirates such as redshirt freshman defensive back Jonathan Coleman II, sophomore defensive lineman Rick D’Abreu, redshirt freshman defensive lineman… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
Close relationship with ECU staff swayed Temple
Football has been a family affair for Cruz Temple. Temple started playing the game at age seven, following in the footsteps of his father and older brother. His dad, Tony, was a walk-on player at the University of South Carolina and is now an assistant coach at Cruz’s high school in Abbeville, South Carolina. Brother… [ More… ]
VIEW FROM THE EAST
Pirate hoops persisting in pandemic
ECU’s season ends at TCU East Carolina was scheduled to play Memphis on Thursday, March 12, at 10 p.m. in the first round of the American Athletic Conference basketball tournament at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The game, the tournament and the remainder of the college season were canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak.… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
Timely recruiting helped Pirates land Wright
Pre-existing relationships have become even more important in the pandemic world of college football recruiting in which virtual campus tours and Zoom interviews have become the norm. The ability of Mike Houston’s East Carolina staff to establish a solid pre-pandemic relationship at Lakewood High School in Sumter, SC, wound up earning the Pirates their second… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
COVID-19 opens door to FBS for Jason Shuford
From a negative came a positive for Jason Shuford and East Carolina’s football program. Shuford, a defensive lineman from Statesville (NC) High School, had settled on continuing his football career at national junior college powerhouse Independence Community College in Kansas after falling just shy of NCAA academic requirements that would have earned him a scholarship… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
ECU secondary secures Bama grad transfer Knott
Tim Shramek still considers it one of the best high school football games he’s witnessed. And that’s saying a lot for a guy who’s been a prep coach in Mississippi for almost 30 years, including the past nine as the head man at Germantown High in Madison. Shramek’s Germantown squad was facing off against Oxford… [ More… ]