Old Dominion set to hire David Blackwell as new defensive coordinator…Special teams a vital aspect to Houston’s staff…Gameday: ECU Travels To Tulane For AAC Opener…Previewing University of Cincinnati basketball at East Carolina…Holton Ahlers tosses football with young ECU fan at Pittsburgh airport…UConn women fall to Baylor 68-57; Huskies’ first regular-season loss since 2014…Memphis gives Hardaway a win in league-opening debut…ACC basketball schedule begins with Duke and UNC the main challengers to Virginia…Hall of Fame college football coach George Welsh dies…Eagles saddle up for another playoff run with Nick Foles

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

VIEW FROM THE EAST
Can baseball Pirates provide happy new year? Bonesville.net

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Begin Preseason Prep For 2019 Campaign
• Gameday: ECU Travels To Tulane For AAC Opener

Greenville Daily Reflector

• Edwards evolving as coach, teacher
• Report: Blackwell to ODU

WITN 7

• Holton Ahlers tosses football with young ECU fan at Pittsburgh airport
• Old Dominion set to hire David Blackwell as new defensive coordinator

Special teams a vital aspect to Houston’s staff 247 Sports

Previewing University of Cincinnati basketball at East Carolina Cincinnati Enquirer

Wilder Hires David Blackwell as Defensive Coordinator ODU Sports

Sources: ODU to hire former East Carolina defensive coordinator Blackwell Hampton Roads Daily Press

Around the American Athletic Conference

theamerican.org

• Memphis Wins First American Athletic Conference Game Under Hardaway
• Fiesta Bowl Culminates High-Achieving Careers for UCF Seniors

AAC Daily: Bowl Season Recap, Houston’s Big Hire and More BCSNN

UCF earns rare commitment from Tre’Mon Morris-Brash during Under Armour All-American Game Orlando Sentinel

Hartford Courant

• UConn women fall to Baylor 68-57; Huskies’ first regular-season loss since 2014
• By the numbers: Historic UConn women’s basketball winning streak snapped by Baylor

Recovering Kevin Zhang looking for return to form as Green Wave faces SMU New Orleans Advocate

Houston Chronicle

• New Houston football coach Dana Holgorsen expected to hire familiar face
• Where Dana Holgorsen’s UH salary ranks among football’s richest
• A look at terms of Dana Holgorsen’s contract as Houston’s…

The Associated Press

• Dana Holgorsen back home to coach University of Houston 
• Memphis gives Hardaway a win in league-opening debut

Penny Hardaway’s Memphis Tigers make a statement in first AAC win over Wichita State Memphis Commercial Appeal

‘We’ve got to grow up’: Frustration mounts for WSU with double-digit loss at Memphis Wichita Eagle

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• This wasn’t the greatest college football bowl season ever, but it had its moments
• Johnson, Pack answer Keatts’ challenge at Miami
• ACC basketball schedule begins with Duke and UNC the main challengers to Virginia
• ‘Conference play is a whole ‘nother animal.’ USC starts SEC season at Florida
• ‘We weren’t prepared for a fist fight.’ Alabama dealt Clemson a wakeup call last year

Diaz acknowledges one ‘hard’ challenge UM must overcome to land players Miami Herald

The Associated Press

• Hall of Fame college football coach George Welsh dies
• Matchups that could determine Alabama vs Clemson Part IV
• Army’s Jeff Monken selected George Munger coach of the year.
• No. 13 Kentucky gets true road test vs Alabama in SEC opener
• Florida State vs Virginia headlines 1st weekend of ACC play
• Bone making big strides in junior season for No. 3 Tennessee

New York Times

• Long Before Alabama, the South Had Sewanee
• Will the Rose Bowl Stand in the Way of a Bigger College Football Playoff?
• A Mighty Tree Grows in Georgetown. It Belongs to Patrick Ewing and Alonzo Mourning.