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 […]
CHAPEL HILL — Roy Williams is usually locked in and focused exclusively on the task at hand in the moments leading up to his team’s games. On this occasion, though, the Hall of Fame coach […]
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 […]
East Carolina’s basketball season doesn’t begin until Sunday against Coppin State. But already, 2017-18 has taken an ominous turn for coach Jeff Lebo and his Pirates. Last week, sophomore guards Jeremy Sheppard and Raquan Wilkins […]
Four in-state basketball teams have announced they will participate in a preseason exhibition “jamboree” on Sunday, Nov. 5 to raise money for Gov. Roy Cooper’s North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund. North Carolina will host the […]
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