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June 3, 2025

Jeff Compher

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NC State hires Ruffin McNeill as special assistant

July 7, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Former East Carolina player and coach Ruffin McNeill is joining Dave Doeren’s staff as a special assistant, NC State announced Tuesday. “I’ve known Ruffin since the beginning of my coaching career,” Doeren said in a […]

Article

ECU announces firing of football coach Scottie Montgomery

November 29, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  East Carolina didn’t wait until after its final game of its season to part ways with football coach Scottie Montgomery.   Chancellor Cecil Staton announced the move Thursday after consultation with special advisor Dave Hart and […]

Article

Back to the future: ECU to hire former coach Joe Dooley

April 3, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Two weeks ago, East Carolina turned to former athletic director Dave Hart to help stabilize a program knocked back by the unexpected departure of current leader Jeff Compher. Now it appears that the Pirates are […]

Article

ECU turns to former AD Hart for leadership through athletic transition

March 15, 2018 Brett Friedlander

Dave Hart, who was East Carolina’s athletic director from 1987-95, has been hired by the school to help with the administrative transition brought about by the abrupt departure of athletic director Jeff Compher. Hart, 67, […]

Article

ECU buys out the contract of AD Jeff Compher

March 8, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  In a stunning move considering the circumstances, East Carolina has decided to buy out the contract of athletic director Jeff Compher.    The official announcement, which was first reported on Thursday, came Friday morning following […]

Article

ECU hires search firm, names advisory panel to start search for new hoop coach

December 22, 2017 Brett Friedlander

  Even as the East Carolina basketball team improved to 4-1 under interim coach Michael Perry on Thursday with a 76-68 win against Grambling, it appears almost certain that the school will look elsewhere to find […]

Article

Before moving on under interim coach, ECU wins one for Lebo

December 1, 2017 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — Like everyone else associated with the East Carolina basketball team, B.J. Tyson was blindsided Wednesday by the unexpected resignation of coach Jeff Lebo. But once he got over the initial shock of the […]

James Guillory—USA Today Sports
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Lebo steps down as ECU basketball coach

November 29, 2017 Brett Friedlander

  Jeff Lebo would likely have lost his job at East Carolina basketball coach last season had it not been for hip surgery that forced him to the sideline for the final 14 games.   It’s a […]

College Football

ECU defense rises to the occasion in badly needed win against BYU

October 22, 2017 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — As bad as things have been going for East Carolina’s defense this season, the last thing it needed was for its offense to put it in a bad spot right out of the […]

Jay Clark—ECU photo
College Football

ECU athletic director urges fans to ‘fight with us, not against us’

October 20, 2017 Brett Friedlander

East Carolina led the American Athletic Conference in football attendance two of the past three seasons and is ranked second behind only Cincinnati this year. Its average crowd of 37,325, however, is its lowest since […]

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