ECU's season ends at TCU East Carolina was scheduled to play Memphis on Thursday, March 12, at 10 p.m. in the first round of the American Athletic Conference basketball tournament at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. The game, the tournament and the remainder of the college season were canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. "Unusual," said ECU coach Joe Dooley. … [Read more...]
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Football Recruiting
Timely recruiting helped Pirates land Wright
Pre-existing relationships have become even more important in the pandemic world of college football recruiting in which virtual campus tours and Zoom interviews have become the norm. The ability of Mike Houston’s East Carolina staff to establish a solid pre-pandemic relationship at Lakewood High School in Sumter, SC, wound up earning the Pirates their second verbal … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting
COVID-19 opens door to FBS for Jason Shuford
From a negative came a positive for Jason Shuford and East Carolina’s football program. Shuford, a defensive lineman from Statesville (NC) High School, had settled on continuing his football career at national junior college powerhouse Independence Community College in Kansas after falling just shy of NCAA academic requirements that would have earned him a scholarship to a … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting
ECU secondary secures Bama grad transfer Knott
Tim Shramek still considers it one of the best high school football games he’s witnessed. And that’s saying a lot for a guy who’s been a prep coach in Mississippi for almost 30 years, including the past nine as the head man at Germantown High in Madison. Shramek’s Germantown squad was facing off against Oxford in the state 5-A semifinals on November 20, 2015, in Oxford. The … [Read more...]
Football Recruiting
ECU wins battle for coveted safety Clyatt
Tom Crowell has been a high school football coach in Montgomery County, Maryland, for most of the past five decades. During that span, Crowell has helped develop some special football talents, including current National Football League players such as receiver Stefon Diggs of the Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins’ cornerback Kendall Fuller. Now the head coach at Sherwood … [Read more...]