East Carolina ranked 129th and last in the Football Bowl Subdivision in 2017 in total defense, allowing 541.7 yards per game, and scoring defense, yielding 45.0 points per contest. Coach Scottie Montgomery addressed factors that led to those deficiencies by hiring ECU alumnus David Blackwell as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Blackwell was involved in … [Read more...]

Duke has not beaten East Carolina in baseball since 1998, a streak of 17 wins for the Pirates that was extended Tuesday night with a 9-2 victory for ECU at Jack Coombs Field in Durham. Pirates coach Cliff Godwin has contributed to the success against the Blue Devils as a player going back to the outset of the streak and most recently as coach at ECU. Chris Pollard became … [Read more...]

Special adviser to the chancellor Dave Hart found a basketball coach tailor-made for East Carolina, one that had already proven himself as a Pirate, albeit before the turn of the millennium. Hart took the personal approach in narrowing the field of candidates and ultimately selecting Joe Dooley. "The interviews we had in our home in Knoxville," Hart said. "I had done that … [Read more...]

The years have been kind to Joe Dooley on and off the court since he exited as basketball coach at East Carolina. Hairlines can recede and waist lines can expand with time, neither of which has happened to an appreciable degree with Dooley, who has the highest winning percentage at ECU among hoops coaches in the Division I era. Since going 57-52 with the Pirates in four … [Read more...]

Bonesville’s Al Myatt captured this collection of photographs  during a Thursday press conference at the Murphy Center in which Joe Dooley was introduced as ECU's new head basketball coach. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]