Michael Schwartz has been working steadily since March at putting personnel in place, preparing for the 2022-23 basketball season and recruiting for the future. Schwartz anticipates that the first game will be Tuesday, Nov. 8, in Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum. The new Pirates coach announced four staff additions on Wednesday. Those include Nick Matson as director of … [Read more...]

Mike Schwartz has been on the job as East Carolina basketball coach for about five weeks. He talked about the priorities he has addressed after his first recruiting class was announced on Thursday. "I think that from the beginning, the most important things to me were three areas and that was the people of this university and the people around the community and in terms of … [Read more...]

A year after losing superstar forward Jayden Gardner to Virginia via the transfer portal and less than two weeks after Michael Schwartz succeeded the ousted Joe Dooley as head coach, the East Carolina basketball program got another jolt of change on Monday. Guard Tristen Newton, the team's leading scorer, announced via Twitter that he will enter the transfer portal and … [Read more...]

From a hotel room in Indianapolis, where Tennessee is preparing to launch its bid in the NCAA Tournament, Michael Schwartz was introduced Wednesday as East Carolina's new basketball coach. "We're looking forward to welcoming Mike and his wife, Stephanie and his two daughters, Sydney and Samantha to Greenville and meet all of Pirate Nation at the appropriate time," said ECU … [Read more...]

East Carolina's long-suffering journey along the bumpy roads of NCAA Division I basketball reached another crossroads late Friday as head coach Joe Dooley was relieved of his duties for the second time in 23 years. ECU athletic director Jon Gilbert announced Dooley's departure from the program in a press release that was issued minutes after WNCT-TV sportscaster Brian Bailey … [Read more...]