Joe Dooley addressed the media and fans after being introduced as ECU's new head basketball coach at the Murphy Center on Thursday. (Recorded by Al Myatt) … [Read more...]
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View from the East on BaseballDooley advised Godwin
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...]
The Bradsher BeatDooley do-over brings rare hope to Pirate fans
It was April 7, 2008, hours after Kansas had captured its first national title in twenty years, and as the fever pitch died down Jayhawks head coach Bill Self had a memorable conversation with his assistant coach Joe Dooley, who had come to KU when Self took over five years earlier. "Coach," Dooley said to his boss, "We've got to find a way to do this again." As … [Read more...]
BaseballPirates rally past Wofford
GREENVILLE — Wofford scored five runs in the sixth inning to lead East Carolina, 8-6, but the No. 11 Pirates put up six runs in the seventh on their way to a 13-8 win on Wednesday night at Clark-LeClair Stadium. A crowd of 2,429 saw ECU improve to 22-6 as the Terriers slipped to 20-10. Seth Caddell was 3-for-4 in the win with a home run and five RBIs. The decisive … [Read more...]
Basketball NewsDooley returning to ECU
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...]