Kenwick Thompson

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 […]

Pirates defense still looking for answers

October 18, 2017 Brett Friedlander

Central Florida wide receiver Dredrick Snelson boasted before last week’s game against East Carolina that his team would score 70 points against the Pirates. It wasn’t all that much of a stretch, considering that Snelson’s […]

New defensive coordinator, same old story for foundering Pirates

September 16, 2017 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — It’s going to take more than a new coordinator to fix East Carolina’s broken defense. That is, assuming it’s fixable at all. After a promising start in which they gave up field goals […]

Unhappy with defense, ECU’s Montgomery makes staff changes

September 10, 2017 Brett Friedlander

Unhappy with the performance his defense, which has allowed more than 600 yards in each of its first two games this season, East Carolina football coach Scottie Montgomery has replaced defensive coordinator Kenwick Thompson. Montgomery […]

Kenwick Thompson

ECU graduate Blackwell named Pirates’ new defensive coordinator

Pirates defense still looking for answers

New defensive coordinator, same old story for foundering Pirates

Unhappy with defense, ECU’s Montgomery makes staff changes

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A 180-day continuance was requested by Decarlos Brown Jr. s public defender