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March 4, 2021

Jeff Lebo

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Unbeaten ECU’s rebuild on course in Dooley’s 3rd year

December 16, 2020 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

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Dooley builds ECU on the fly with transfers

November 6, 2019 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

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ECU women’s basketball coach resigns after internal review

October 17, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  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 […]

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Joe Dooley officially returns as ECU basketball coach

April 4, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

Christine T. Nguyen—The North State Journal
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Look Ahead: Nine bold predictions for 2018

January 3, 2018 Cory Lavalette

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 […]

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ECU’s Shawn Williams named AAC Rookie of the Week

December 5, 2017 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

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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 […]

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UNC’s Williams on former ECU coach Lebo: ‘He’s just worn out’

November 30, 2017 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

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