Ruffin McNeill is coming back to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The former East Carolina player and coach is now a special assistant to N.C. State coach Dave Doeren and will be on hand when the No. 13 Wolfpack opens the season as guest of the Pirates on Saturday, Sept. 3, at noon (ESPN). McNeill, who was 42-34 at ECU from 2010 to 2015, went 2-0 against his present program during … [Read more...]
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Insights from BrettHart becomes the gift that keeps on giving
Dave Hart was contracted by Chancellor Cecil Staton in March to conduct an extensive review of East Carolina’s athletic department and formulate a plan to help revitalize the Pirates both financially and on the field of competition. He’s also doubled as an interim athletic director responsible for filling the three most important positions on ECU’s staff. After the events … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTHart helps Pirate ship change tack
Dave Hart will leave East Carolina in better shape than he found it earlier this year when he returned to the program as special athletics advisor to Dr. Cecil Staton, ECU chancellor. The Pirate ship has been listing in a sea of red ink. Jeff Compher's biggest move as athletic director, the firing of Ruffin McNeill as football coach and the hiring of Scottie Montgomery as … [Read more...]
VIEW FROM THE EASTHart moving, shaking on behalf of Pirates
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...]
Insights from Brett: Dave Hart Q&A Part 1Dave Hart travels back to the present
East Carolina fans can be excused if they feel as though they’ve climbed into a shiny DeLorean, revved it up to 88 MPH to generate the necessary 1.21 gigawatts of energy and been transported back to 1995. With the return of Dave Hart as the de facto athletic director and the hiring of Joe Dooley to coach the men’s basketball program, the parallels to that more successful, … [Read more...]