Pirate Press: ECU Headlines

ecupirates.com

• Pirates Announce Hiring of Harris, Sneed
• ECU Baseball: 2024 Summer League Update

The Huddle: TE tiers, a trend with this year’s head coach hires, ECU & Elon off to strong start in ’25 WRAL

WITN 7

• ECU women’s basketball hires Harris as Assistant Coach
• East Carolina University receives first Carnegie public good classification

247 Sports

• ECU OL signee Peyton Reeder to delay enrollment until 2025 due to injury
• LHP transfer Ryan Towers nearing decision after ECU visit
• The trip to Starkville changed Horsley’s plans

Weekend roundup: ECU track sends two to U.S. Olympic Trials; PCC baseball to hold senior workout Greenville Daily Reflector (sub req’d)

‘King of Spring’: Skip Holtz finds late-stage success in building Birmingham Stallions dynasty Football Scoop

All you need to know about 2024 MLB Draft Combine MLB

YAHOO!

• MLB Draft Combine 2024: Everything you need to know about this week’s event in Phoenix
• ECU transfer outfielder Bristol Carter commits to Auburn

Tristen Newton: 2024 Draft Prospect National Basketball Association

Around the American Athletic Conference

New AAC Commissioner Tim Pernetti poised to lead conference into an ever-changing future MLive

2024 AAC Conference Championship Odds: Memphis Favored with Seth Henigan Back at Quarterback Sports Illustrated

2024 AAC Win Totals: Memphis, UTSA, Tulane Projected to Lead Conference Sports Illustrated

YAHOO!

• USF football finds pleasant forecasts in college preseason magazines 
• Charlotte Catholic hires Charlotte 49ers analyst as next head football coach

Prominent Charlotte school makes hire from Biff Poggi’s Charlotte 49ers staff Football Scoop

USF sprinter’s Olympic dreams take him home FOX 13 Tampa

Memphis Commercial Appeal

• Momentum, change and drama: Memphis athletics’ top 10 storylines from 2023-24
• Memphis softball coach Stephanie VanBrakle Prothro resigns after 2 seasons | Source

Memphis’ Baraka Okojie expected to miss time due to surgery Daily Memphian

Final exams: Grading how each Big 5 men’s basketball team fared in the transfer portal Philadelphia Inquirer

Second UTSA football player is charged with aggravated robbery San Antonio Express News

Houston’s Rice University considering a ‘drastic’ change for its football stadium Houston Chronicle

Tulane Women’s Basketball adds six to 2024-25 roster Crescent City Sports

 

Regional Headlines: The Carolinas and beyond

Raleigh News & Observer

• NC State baseball bounced from College World Series as Florida eliminates Wolfpack
• Elliott Avent, NC State bid emotional farewell to Omaha after run to College World Series ends
• For UNC baseball, the Omaha stakes rise after defeat against Tennessee

WRAL

• College World Series: NC State falls to Florida in elimination game
• College World Series might offer glimpse of future with only SEC and ACC teams in the field
• Cary’s Ress, other local swimmers compete for spots on U.S. Olympic team
• House budget proposal changes sports betting tax revenue distribution

Winston Salem Journal

• Elimination looms for ACC schools in Men’s College World Series
• CIAA Notebook: Football has eliminated divisions for this season

Coastal Carolina hires USC’s Chance Miller as the school’s new athletic director Myrtle Beach Sun News

Shatel: Mark Kingston immediately changes the expectations for Creighton baseball Omaha.com

Columbia The State

• South Carolina’s Nyck Harbor skipping Olympic trials. Here’s what we know
• Former Gamecocks coach Mark Kingston taking new job with Big East team
• How will Paul Mainieri turn around South Carolina? He’ll demand perfection
• New USC baseball staff salaries top $2 million. How much money does sport bring in?

Charleston Post & Courier

• Gamecocks nab commitments from in-state tackle, top kicker
• First task for Gamecocks’ Mainieri: Build the 2025 roster. Here’s where he starts