East Carolina baseball coach Cliff Godwin knew Joe Dooley during his first term as basketball coach with the Pirates. "I had tried to walk on the basketball team," Godwin said. "I actually went to a few workouts with the basketball guys. "Thank God, he didn't think I was a good enough basketball player because I definitely wasn't a good enough baseball player to do … [Read more...]

Multiple reports Tuesday indicated that Joe Dooley would fill the basketball coaching vacancy at East Carolina. Dooley coached the Pirates from the 1995-96 season to 1998-99. ECU was 57-52 overall and 29-35 in the Colonial Athletic Association during that span. Dooley was dismissed by former athletic director Mike Hamrick after a 65-62 double overtime loss to Old Dominion … [Read more...]

GREENVILLE — David Blackwell admitted to some mixed emotions after Trace Christian got free for a 22-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to give the Gold team a 21-14 win over Purple in East Carolina's spring football game at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday. Blackwell, a former Pirate player and assistant, was head coach of the Gold, but he is also ECU's new … [Read more...]

Bonesville’s Al Myatt captured this collection of action shots and other candid photos during ECU's Purple-Gold Spring Game Saturday afternoon at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. (Click any image for expanded view, caption & slide show.) … [Read more...]