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ECU alum
Ruffin McNeill joins
in on the school's fight
song in front of the Boneyard
section at
Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium during his
tenure as head coach
of the Pirates.
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FOOTBALL |
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Montgomery is the one! |
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Multiple reports indicate that East
Carolina's search for a football
coach has concluded with an offer to
Duke offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach Scott Montgomery.
ECU's board of trustees has
scheduled an unusual Sunday
afternoon meeting, which will
presumably consider approving terms
of employment.
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FOOTBALL |
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Has Pirates' ship sailed? |
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 It's
been a week since Ruffin McNeill was
fired as football coach at East
Carolina. Athletic director Jeff
Compher said he made the decision
days before the announcement was
publicized so he actually had some
lead time to do preparation for
finding a replacement.
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Audio: The Brian Bailey
Show |
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 The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Brian's guests this week
 were
Jeff Gravley, Sammy Batten, Todd
Gibson and Rose High School football
coach David Wojtecki:
Replay
show... |
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BASKETBALL |
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ECU falls to Barry, Charleston |
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CHARLESTON, SC —
East Carolina outscored host College
of Charleston 52-40 in the second
half but it was too little, too
late, in a 77-73 loss to the Cougars
on Monday night. ECU trailed by 18
points early in the second half but
pulled within 71-69 on a 3-pointer
by B.J. Tyson with 1:05 to go.
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Next: ECU vs.
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FOOTBALL |
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Stunning new era at hand |
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 As
head football coach at his alma
mater, Ruffin McNeill avoided
treating the position as though he
were Chief Executive Officer of a
business. McNeill favored a family
model. He was daddy. The players
were his sons. The assistant coaches
and coordinators were uncles.
McNeill's abrupt dismissal Friday after an injury-plagued 5-7 season was
a reminder that big-time college athletics is indeed a business.
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Pictured: Ruffin
McNeill acknowledges the Dowdy-Ficklen
Stadium crowd before what would turn out to
be the East Carolina alum's final homecoming
game as head coach of the Pirates,
a 30-17 win over
Tulsa on Oct. 17. (W.A. Myatt
photo) |
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BASKETBALL |
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Lefties lead ECU |
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GREENVILLE —
Left-handed scoring powered East
Carolina past South Carolina-Upstate
82-71 in Williams Arena at Minges
Coliseum on Friday night.
Sophomore B.J. Tyson led the way
with a career-high 26 points.
Freshman Kentrell Barkley had 18
points and junior Caleb White
rounded out the southpaw assault
with 13 points.
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Little more than a week
after
his stunning ouster as East
Carolina's head football coach, Ruffin McNeill has found his next
calling.
McNeill, an ECU alum,
headed a list of eight assistants added to the staff of newly-named
Virginia head coach Bronco Mendenhall on Saturday.
McNeill will serve as
assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach for the Cavaliers.
He joins a staff that includes wide receivers coach Marques Hagans, a holdover from the
staff of former UVa coach Mike London, and six assistants who served
with Mendenhall at Brigham Young.
The assistants
accompanying Mendenhall from Provo are Robert Anae (offensive
coordinator/inside receivers coach), Mark Atuaia (running backs
coach), Jason Beck (quarterbacks coach), Garett Tujague (offensive
line coach), Nick Howell (secondary coach) and Kelly Poppinga
(special teams/outside linebackers coach).
In addition to his
coaching duties, it is likely that McNeill factors heavily into
Mendenhall's blueprint for constructing a strong recruiting presence
in the Carolinas, Tidewater Virginia and other regional prep
football talent reservoirs that were heavily targeted by McNeill
during his tenure at ECU.
More on this story:
Official UVA press release
