The addition of athletic director Jon Glbert, basketball coach Joe Dooley and football coach Mike Houston has created optimism at East Carolina, but if you're looking for a sport that can potentially produce immediate results baseball is the best bet. It was recently announced that ECU has been picked as the preseason favorite in the American Athletic Conference. "It's … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — The biggest December signee for East Carolina wasn't on the list of incoming players released Wednesday. The biggest signee of the month is new coach Mike Houston. Some of the factors that influenced Houston to board a foundering Pirate ship allowed the incoming regime to maintain a solid class primarily assembled under the direction of former coach Scottie … [Read more...]

The East Carolina basketball team is in the midst of an extended break. The Pirates downed visiting Maryland Eastern Shore, 70-47, on Dec. 2 and won't return to action until taking on host Charlotte on Dec.18. "Obviously, we had exams mixed in this deal," ECU coach Joe Dooley said. "There's a million things we need to work on. We're sort of prioritizing the areas that we … [Read more...]

Dave Hart will leave East Carolina in better shape than he found it earlier this year when he returned to the program as special athletics advisor to Dr. Cecil Staton, ECU chancellor. The Pirate ship has been listing in a sea of red ink. Jeff Compher's biggest move as athletic director, the firing of Ruffin McNeill as football coach and the hiring of Scottie Montgomery as … [Read more...]