Interim Chancellor says “really difficult decisions” are ahead for ECU athletics…ECU Women’s Golf And Cross Country Lauded By NCAA…Chillious leaves Pirate basketball program for prep school…Arkansas graduate transfer RB Chase Hayden picks ECU…Pirate all-time running back gets degree…SMU has the youngest coaching staff in Texas and the AAC. …Houston has ‘chance to be really good’ as 2020 anticipation grows…’It’s the fans that make the game’: Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield is not in favor of playing in empty stadiums…Coronavirus could drastically change football season for USC, Clemson fans….Pac-12 coaches want all college football teams to start at same time…U.F.C.’s Coronavirus Plan Is Careful. Its Enforcement Has Been Spotty…USA Gymnastics won’t hold any premier competitions until 2021, citing health risks…Illinois governor says baseball players are selfish; Arizona welcomes games

Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Chillious Named South Kent Director Of Basketball
• ECU Women’s Golf And Cross Country Lauded By NCAA

WNCT 9

• Chillious leaves Pirate basketball program for prep school
• Godwin plays ‘Lloyd Christmas’ at ECU baseball game

WITN 7

• Interim Chancellor says “really difficult decisions” are ahead for ECU athletics
• Arkansas graduate transfer RB Chase Hayden picks ECU
• ECU associate head coach Raphael Chillious named South Kent Director of Basketball
• Pirate Nation raises nearly $40K for coronavirus relief on Giving Tuesday Now
• ECU trustees vote to rollback tuition & fee increases

East Carolina gets second SEC transfer in less than a week, this one Arkansas RB Chase Hayden NBC Sports

Rivals

• Raphael Chillious Leaving ECU
• Pirates Land Razorback Grad Transfer RB Chase Hayden

247 Sports

• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: CB Damel Hickman
• Daily Debate: Who starts at running back in ECU’s season opener?
• Raphael Chillious leaves ECU staff, returns to prep ranks
• Arkansas grad transfer RB Chase Hayden commits to ECU
• ECU Football 2020 Player Expectations: WR Tyler Snead
• Pirates find a potential steal in new DT commit Jason Shuford

Former Arkansas, St. George’s running back Chase Hayden transfers to East Carolina Memphis Commercial Appeal

Swimming World

• East Carolina Gets Verbal from Junior National Qualifier Coleman McCreery for 2021-22 Season
• East Carolina Pirates Hook 2021 In-State Verbal from SwimMAC Carolina’s Ava Yandle

Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

• Chancellor: Really difficult decisions coming in athletics
• Another SEC transfer headed to Pirates
• Pirate all-time running back gets degree
• ECU trustees cancel fee increases for coming school year

Around the American Athletic Conference

Cincinnati Bearcats basketball: The 10 best players from the 2010s Cincinnati Enquirer

Billy Ferris won a new car from USF, but society remains in park Tampa Bay Times

Record 10 Temple Athletics Teams Recognized by the NCAA for Academic Performance Temple Owls

Dallas Morning News

• SMU has the youngest coaching staff in Texas and the AAC. Here’s how it’s using that to its advantage.
• SMU QB Shane Buechele raises $50,000 to assist in Dallas’ Covid-19 relief efforts

‘It’s the fans that make the game’: Memphis coach Ryan Silverfield is not in favor of playing in empty stadiums Memphis Commercial Appeal

Houston has ‘chance to be really good’ as 2020 anticipation grows The Daily Cougar

Navy football player Chelen Garnes reenters transfer portal Annapolis Capital

UConn football, CBS Sports Network strike deal Journal Inquirer

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News and Observer

• Could NC high school athletes return to the field next month? That ball is rolling
• Pick-up games, trash talk: NCCU’s Moton recalls summer before Jordan’s return to NBA
• NC native and his baseball team in South Korea make an unexpected connection with home
• Zion Williamson asked under oath if his parents received gifts for him to attend Duke

Ed Hardin: UNC football recruiting could portend a long-awaited awakening Winston Salem Journal

Wolfpack football transfer McCloud picks Notre Dame Fayetteville Observer

Former Norfolk State standout Nhyre Quinerly faced life’s challenges. Now he waits for his NFL opportunity Norfolk Virginian Pilot

Teel: Virginia’s Division I mid-majors need to consider realignment Roanoke Times

UNCW Names Hampton Head Volleyball Coach UNC Wilmington Athletics

How Charlotte 49ers coach Will Healy carried recruiting momentum into the spring  Charlotte Observer

Recruiting confidence remains high for Hokies coach Justin Fuente, who spends pandemic time fishing, grilling, playing Monopoly Hampton Roads Daily Press

Charleston Post Courier

• Coronavirus could drastically change football season for USC, Clemson fans. Here’s how.
• Big South delays moving basketball tournament to Charlotte in cost-cutting measure
• Citadel football gets All-American transfer from rival VMI
• Citadel athletics plans 10 percent budget cut to deal with coronavirus shortfall

Columbia The State

• Bobo’s scheme lets one South Carolina tailback ‘get downhill fast’
• How many Clemson spring sports seniors plan to return, what it will cost
• How a trip to a deer stand helped Hunter Renfrow turn around his NFL rookie season

Atlanta Journal Constitution

• Pac-12 coaches want all college football teams to start at same time
• Georgia ‘laser focused’ on starting voluntary football workouts on campus

Mid-American Conference cancels postseason tournaments for eight sports, changes basketball format CBS Sports