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June 1, 2025

David Blackwell

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ECU’s bad week comes to predictable end with rout at State

December 2, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  A bad week came to a predictable end for the East Carolina football team at Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday.   Playing just two days after coach Scottie Montgomery was fired, on a dreary afternoon in a […]

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Record-setting Wolfpack has some fun at ECU’s expense

December 1, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  RALEIGH — With just under 12 minutes remaining Saturday, senior center Garrett Bradbury lined up in the NC State backfield, took a handoff and dove into the end zone for his first career touchdown.   He […]

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ECU improved, but still not enough to beat Memphis

November 3, 2018 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — The East Carolina football team was 39 points better against Memphis on Saturday than it was the last time the American Athletic Conference rivals met 11 months ago. The problem is, it still […]

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Five questions to ponder before kickoff

September 21, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  The flood waters have yet to recede, thousands across the Carolinas are still without power and the relief effort from Hurricane Florence are just getting started. But for the college football teams around our state, […]

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New Pirates DC plans to turn around ECU’s defense

August 22, 2018 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — David Blackwell was the coordinator of a Jacksonville State defense that ranked first nationally at the FCS level over the past four seasons. He left the job in December to become the coordinator […]

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Pirates optimistic as camp opens

August 4, 2018 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — This might be a make-or-break season for Scottie Montgomery at East Carolina. But if the third-year football coach or anyone else associated with his struggling program are feeling the pressure, you’d never know […]

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Defense, QBs impress at ECU spring game

March 29, 2018 Cory Lavalette

GREENVILLE — With more than half of his playbook yet to be installed and several key players not in uniform, new East Carolina defensive coordinator David Blackwell wasn’t about to make any rash judgments based […]

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Young QBs, new defense show progress in ECU spring football game

March 24, 2018 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — East Carolina’s quarterback competition won’t be decided until the fall. But no matter who wins the position between Reid Herring, Holton Ahlers and Kingsley Ifedi, his job will be significantly easier because of […]

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Montgomery adds another former Pirate to football staff

December 15, 2017 Brett Friedlander

East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery continued the revamping of his staff Friday by announcing the hiring of Kirk Doll as the Pirates’ special teams coordinator. Doll is an ECU graduate who also spent four […]

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ECU graduate Blackwell named Pirates’ new defensive coordinator

December 7, 2017 Brett Friedlander

East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery took the first step toward improving a defense that ranked dead last in the FBS this season by hiring David Blackwell as the Pirates’ defensive coordinator. An ECU graduate […]

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