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...]

East Carolina vaulted into the national rankings in February after taking two of three games from North Carolina in a multi-site series. The Pirates remained among the country's elite during an exceptional season. ECU (44-18) was knocked out of the NCAA Tournament in a regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium that included lengthy delays from Mother Nature after the top-seeded … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — A fragmented NCAA regional at Clark-LeClair Stadium ended for top-seeded East Carolina on Sunday night with a 9-7 loss to fourth-seeded UNC-Wilmington. The Seahawks (39-22) scored all nine of their runs in the bottom of the fifth inning. ECU (44-18) finished the season as the visiting team in the regional for the second time in three games, including a 4-2 … [Read more...]