NEWPORT, RI — The American Athletic Conference football media gathering begins today with golf at Newport National in the afternoon, weather permitting, and a clambake beside Narragansett Bay in the evening. The AAC coaches and selected players will do television interviews before the multi-course meal. East Carolina coach Scottie Montgomery was expected to bring … [Read more...]

If East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin was assigned to write an essay on "What I did this summer," he would have plenty of material from which to draw. Godwin was an assistant coach for the Collegiate National Team, which completed its schedule Saturday in Cuba with a 12-3 record. "It was an awesome experience," Godwin said. "You're playing teams from different … [Read more...]

Jeff Connors' office looks out on Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium at field level, which is appropriate. At this time of year, he is closer to the playing personnel that drive the program than anyone. Connors began his career at East Carolina in 1991 when the Pirates went 11-1 and defeated N.C. State 37-34 in a Peach Bowl thriller. That team is the measuring stick at ECU and three … [Read more...]

East Carolina will open the 2018 season at home against North Carolina A&T, on Sept. 1, at 6 p.m., but the Aggies will not be playing their first game when they travel to Greenville. A&T, coming off a 12-0 season on the Football Championship Subdivision level that included a 21-14 win over Grambling in the Celebration Bowl, will get their follow-up campaign underway … [Read more...]

Joe Dooley has been working with the under-18 national team, but will begin to get an idea next week how his developing group of Pirates will shape up for his first season back on the East Carolina sideline. Dooley returned in early April to a program he guided to a 57-52 record from 1995-96 to 1998-99. ECU is coming off a 10-20 season. The Pirates were 4-14 in the … [Read more...]