East Carolina head volleyball coach Julie Torbett knows that a Purple-Gold game isn’t likely to produce any earth-shattering revelations about her team. After all, her players have been competing against each other for months. But the intra-squad scrimmage on Tuesday — staged with fans, uniforms, music in Minges Coliseum and all of the other game-day effects — did prepare … [Read more...]

East Carolina closed out fall camp on Saturday with the team’s second scrimmage. From all accounts, as the media is not allowed to watch the scrimmages, the offense and the running game fared much better than they did in the first scrimmage. "We ran the ball hard downhill and got some great runs from our running backs," said Pirate offensive coordinator Tony Petersen. … [Read more...]

One of the most hackneyed cliches in all of sports is the coach-speak mantra of “We play ‘em one game at a time.” In the case of the 2018 East Carolina football team, though, it’s actually a sound approach to take. Because while the Pirates will face significantly tougher tests and play games that can be construed as much more meaningful as the season plays out, the most … [Read more...]

Dave Hart is a man on the move and the special athletics advisor to Chancellor Cecil Staton is figuring out how to apply resources to boost struggling revenue sports. The former East Carolina, Florida State and Tennessee athletic director works from his home in Knoxville as well as several locations at ECU. "I've been in three, maybe four offices," Hart said. "They move … [Read more...]

As the first new head soccer coach at East Carolina in 20 years, Jason Hamilton has a boatload of tasks as he tries to elevate the program — ramping up conditioning, encouraging leadership on the field, blending transfers in with established Pirate players. But one key emphasis for Hamilton revolves around what he calls “dirty stats.” A dirty stat is any measure of … [Read more...]