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Thompson TV show set for primetime debut

“Pirate Magazine – An Inside Look At ECU Football” will make its season premiere on WITN-TV 7 on Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

WITN, which had previously announced it will carry a lineup of four East Carolina football games this fall, is the official station of the Pirates.

Hosted by “The Voice of the Pirates” Jeff Charles with ECU Head Football Coach John Thompson, Pirate Magazine will air each Sunday on WITN at 12 noon except for Sept. 19 and Oct. 31. The show will be televised at 11:30 a.m. on each of those dates.

Other outlets which will carry Pirate Magazine:

--- The show will be televised on Cox Cable Channel 99 in Greenville each Thursday at 7 p.m., followed by a replay of the past week’s game at 7:30 p.m.

--- Cox Cable Channel 68 in Greenville and Channel 13 in Rocky Mount will show the program each Wednesday night at 9 p.m.

--- Channel 11 in Hampton Roads will air the show each Thursday night at 9 p.m.

--- The show will be televised on Time Warner Cable Channel 10 in Morehead City each Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.

--- WPRX Ch. 47 in Raleigh will carry the show at 1:00 p.m. each Sunday

--- WGSR Ch. 39 in Greensboro will air the show at 11:30 a.m. each Saturday.

ECU names Lee to basketball position

East Carolina basketball coach Bill Herrion has turned to the son of an ECU alum and former Pirate assistant to fill a staff position.

Brooks Lee has been named Director of Basketball Operations, Herrion announced Thursday. The son of former Campbell coach Billy Lee, Brooks Lee is entering his second season as a college basketball coach after serving as an assistant coach at Wofford last season.

“We’re very happy to add Brooks to our staff,” said Herrion in a statement. “As the son of a coach, he’s been around the game his entire life and possesses a lot of knowledge about it. He is a good young coach and we’re excited about having him become a part of our program.”

Brooks Lee, whose father earned a Masters at ECU while serving as an assistant coach at the school from 1976-78, indicated he views his new position as an opportunity to gain valuable experience.

“I have a lot of respect for Coach Herrion and I’m very excited about the opportunity that he’s given me,” Brooks Lee stated in the ECU press release. “The chance to learn under him and broaden my knowledge of the game is a tremendous opportunity. I’m looking forward to being a part of Pirate basketball.”

His duties will include film exchange, team travel and coordinating the Bill Herrion Basketball Camp.

Lee graduated from Campbell in 2002 with a degree in sport management and completed work on his Master’s degree in exercise science. He averaged 9.7 points and 4.3 assists while starting all 26 games for the Camels his last season. He was named to the Atlantic Sun All-Academic team and placed second in the A-Sun with his team-best 87.9 free-throw percentage. At one point, he made 24 consecutive attempts at the charity stripe.

In just two seasons at Campbell, after transferring from High Point, Lee placed sixth on the Camels’ career list for assists with 254. He was also second in career average (4.8) while placing seventh for all-time three-point field-goal percentage (39.3).

In the 2001-02 campaign, Lee topped the Atlantic Sun in assists at 5.2 per contest. He started all 53 games over his final two seasons in Buies Creek.

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