J’Vian McCray didn’t make much a first impression on Brett Hickman when the latter was named head football coach at West Brunswick High School in Shalotte, NC, in March 2018. Hickman, whose father Yogi led the Trojans to 53 wins between 1994-99, had spent most of his young coaching career at the college level. He… [ More… ]
ECU Football & Basketball Recruiting
Football Recruiting
Football Recruiting
Stribling plots course for early enrollment
Mike Morris was working with the junior varsity football team at Fluvanna High School in Virginia in August 2017 when a a player on the varsity field caught his attention. “It was about the third week of camp,” said Morris, a Fluvanna graduate who was promoted to varsity head coach in May 2018. “I started… [ More… ]
Insights from Brett
Coleman represents milestone recruit for ECU
There was big news involving an East Carolina athletic program over the past week. And no, it wasn’t the baseball team’s galant run through the loser’s bracket to an NCAA regional title — although that was newsworthy in its own right, especially the way the Pirates did it. Overshadowed by the success of ECU coach… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
Palmetto State bruiser Martin picks Pirates
Laurens (SC) High School football Chris Liner had himself a good chuckle recently when he read some reactions online regarding the weight-lifting exploits of senior Duane Martin. “There was a long comment list saying, ‘There’s no way a kid in high school can do that,”’ Liner said. “I kind of laughed because he does. He… [ More… ]
BASKETBALL RECRUITING NEWS
Hoops roster swells by six
East Carolina is undergoing a major roster overhaul after Joe Dooley’s first season back as coach. Six players have expressed their intentions to transfer with ten players either signed or committed to come aboard the Pirate ship. Dooley and staff secured signed grants-in-aid or verbal pledges from half a dozen of the incoming talents in… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
Pirates keep versatile lineman close to home
As an assistant coach Jonathan Cobb witnessed NFL and former Ohio State defensive end Tyquan Lewis perform at Tarboro High School between 2009 and 2012. Cobb is now the head coach at Southwest Edgecombe High School in Pinetops, NC, where he has directed the career of Lewis’s cousin, Jaquaez Powell. Powell, a rising senior, has… [ More… ]
Football Recruiting
ECU beat out AAC rivals for star defensive end
A big loss in high school helped turn Immanuel “Manny” Hickman into a winner in the football recruiting game. Hickman, a defensive end from Matoaco High School in Chesterfield, VA, was one of the last additions to East Carolina’s recruiting Class of 2019. The 6-foot-3, 260-pounder waited until signing day on February 6th to reveal… [ More… ]