The weather looks favorable as East Carolina opens its American Athletic Conference football schedule at Navy today at 3:30 p.m. The forecast is calling for 82 degrees and clear skies at kickoff with 43 percent humidity, a zero percent chance of precipitation and wind out of the west at eight miles per hour. By the end of the contest, the temperature is expected to drop to 76 … [Read more...]

East Carolina's first football win in the Mike Houston coaching era, a 48-9 victory over Gardner-Webb on Saturday night, was followed by a winners dinner on Sunday night. The players enjoyed a banquet and the coaching staff got to spend some weekend time with their families. "It was fantastic," Houston said. "The kids appreciated the meal. It was very, very festive. ... I … [Read more...]

All sporting events are altered by momentum, but a sport like volleyball — one not dictated by a clock — is even more prone to one team building a lead and running away with it. It’s a dynamic that makes East Carolina’s Tuesday upset of N.C. State — a 3-2 victory achieved after falling into a 2-0 hole — even more remarkable. The Pirates (5-1) battled back to defeat an … [Read more...]

I simply can’t imagine what life was like last week for East Carolina football coach Mike Houston. The excitement of preparing to lead your new team onto the field in your home stadium was subdued after Houston lost his father, Bill, earlier in the week. Houston made the announcement at his Tuesday press conference. "My dad passed away this morning at my home in … [Read more...]

Mike Houston has spent the nine months since he was hired to rebuild East Carolina’s broken football program preaching values such as mental and physical toughness, perseverance in the face of adversity, character and, most of all, family. They are some of the foundations upon which most winning programs are built. But for all he has said about those things both on the … [Read more...]