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...]

NEWPORT, RI — It's easy to understand why East Carolina was picked sixth and last in the East Division of the American Athletic Conference in the league's preseason poll, which was released Tuesday in conjunction with the AAC's football media day. The Pirates had the fewest points (41) of any team in the 2018 projections, including Tulsa (44), which was cast into the West … [Read more...]