For the third straight year, East Carolina will open its football season at home against a Football Championship Subdivision opponent when the Pirates take on North Carolina A&T on Saturday at 6 p.m. It's likely that the outcome will fall within the range of a 52-7 triumph over Western Carolina in Scottie Montgomery's debut as ECU coach in 2016 and the bitter … [Read more...]

As East Carolina looks to improve on a 3-9 finish in 2017 that included a 2-6 record in the American Athletic Conference, there isn't significant optimism regarding the Pirates outside the program. ECU was picked to finish sixth and last in the AAC East Division in the league's preseason media poll. Athlon Sports' College Football magazine projects the Pirates to go 2-10 … [Read more...]

Dave Hart is a man on the move and the special athletics advisor to Chancellor Cecil Staton is figuring out how to apply resources to boost struggling revenue sports. The former East Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee athletic director works from his home in Knoxville as well as several locations at ECU. "I've been in three, maybe four offices," Hart said. "They move … [Read more...]

Tony Petersen is back for his third season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at East Carolina. The Pirates and Petersen are looking to improve on a pair of 3-9 seasons. ECU needs dramatic improvement defensively under new coordinator David Blackwell and coach Scottie Montgomery said the goal is just to be one point better than the opposition. Petersen is … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — As East Carolina players and coaches fielded questions at the annual media day in the Murphy Center on Saturday after two days of preseason practice, there was a general acknowledgement that the program has not performed up to traditional standards. Before three straight losing seasons, ECU went to bowl games in eight of nine previous campaigns. The Pirates … [Read more...]