CHAPEL HILL — After a busy schedule that included four games — all losses — in 10 days, UNC had close to a week off before Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech. That gave the Tar […]
GREENVILLE — The East Carolina basketball team is 5-0 heading into its American Athletic Conference opener at SMU on Wednesday. But that, as far as coach Joe Dooley is concerned, isn’t the most encouraging aspect […]
Joe Dooley has taken the concept of “tearing it down to build it back up” to an extreme in the second season of his second tenure as East Carolina’s basketball coach. Thanks to a combination […]
Jeff Lebo resigned as East Carolina’s men’s basketball coach just six games into last season. Heather Macy, the Pirates’ women’s coach, didn’t wait that long to walk away. The winningest coach in the program’s history […]
For the second time in his career, Joe Dooley has been hired as East Carolina’s basketball coach. Nineteen years after ending his first four-year tenure with the Pirates and after five straight 20-plus win seasons […]
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 […]
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 […]
The NSJ sports staff decided it would be fun to end the year with a little prognosticating beyond which teams and players we believe will stand out in 2018. Sports editor Cory Lavalette and staff […]
The East Carolina basketball team hasn’t lost since Michael Perry took over as interim coach following Jeff Lebo’s resignation last Wednesday. Among the many catalysts for that success was redshirt freshman Shawn Williams. A 6-foot […]
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 […]
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