Make no mistake about it. The average fan and media member has a hard time trying to evaluate a scrimmage. At East Carolina, the media doesn’t get to watch. Pirate Video provides a couple of plays on both sides of the football to area television stations, but that’s pretty much it. I’ve had a chance to see several of the scrimmages through the years, and it’s really … [Read more...]

If you repeat something enough times, with enough certainty, it will eventually be perceived as reality. So it is with East Carolina and the widely-held belief that the Pirates can’t truly be successful in basketball because of Greenville’s small size, its off-the-beaten-path location and the fact that it is surrounded by some of the nation’s best, most high-profile … [Read more...]

Tony Petersen is back for his third season as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at East Carolina. The Pirates and Petersen are looking to improve on a pair of 3-9 seasons. ECU needs dramatic improvement defensively under new coordinator David Blackwell and coach Scottie Montgomery said the goal is just to be one point better than the opposition. Petersen is … [Read more...]

Each in his own way, both Kendall Futrell and Chance Purvis were somewhat constrained prior to this preseason — Futrell because he spent much of the 2017 season limited by injury and illness, and Purvis because he’s a self-professed “late bloomer.” But with a new coordinator and a new defensive scheme designed to capitalize on their speed off of the ends, the two … [Read more...]