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East Carolina fires coach Houston

October 24, 2024 Shawn Krest

Mike Houston became the first FBS coach to be fired during the 2024 season. On Sunday morning, East Carolina announced it had fired the coach after five seasons Athletic director Jon Gilbert made the announcement […]

Local teams try to salvage seasons with bowl appearances

October 19, 2024 Jesse Deal

CHARLOTTE — With the college football campaign passing the midpoint of the 2024 season, a handful of local teams are sitting right at the border of possibly notching a bowl appearance if current trends continue. […]

Plenty at stake for ECU, App State

September 13, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

Week two wasn’t the prettiest for ECU (2-0, 0-0) and App State (1-1, 0-0) on the gridiron, but the in-state foes will have a chance to remedy their shortcomings against each other this weekend. ECU […]

Hot seat report for NC coaches

August 31, 2024 Shawn Krest

After a brief taste of college football this past weekend, we get a full schedule of games this weekend. That includes all seven FBS teams in North Carolina, who kicked off their respective seasons starting […]

ECU Pirates need to right the ship

August 30, 2024 Asheebo Rojas

GREENVILLE — Coming off a disappointing 2023 campaign, which turned out to be the second 10-loss season in program history, ECU is once again in rebuild mode. ECU’s sudden and dramatic falloff, especially on the […]

Where will NC’s 4 bowl-eligible teams wind up?

November 29, 2023 Cory Lavalette

Mike Elko has left Duke for Texas A&M, Mike Houston got a vote of confidence from East Carolina after a 2-10 season, and Appalachian State is back in the Sun Belt Conference title game (with […]

Charlotte, ECU first meeting a battle of 1-win teams

October 18, 2023 Jesse Deal

The American Athletic Conference’s two North Carolina teams will face each other for the first time this weekend when East Carolina hosts Charlotte in Greenville. ECU is coming off a 31-10 home loss to SMU, […]

App State to host floundering Pirates

September 13, 2023 Jesse Deal

Appalachian State and East Carolina are set to meet on the gridiron for the 33rd time Saturday when the Mountaineers (1-1) host the Pirates (0-2) at Kidd Brewer Stadium at 3:30 p.m. The game will […]

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No Harbaugh, no problem: No. 2 Michigan rolls past ECU

September 2, 2023 The Associated Press

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — J.J. McCarthy walked alongside his teammates in single-file formation as each player raised an arm over their head, letting suspended Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh know his players were thinking about him. […]

ECU heads to Ann Arbor to face Wolverines for season opener

September 1, 2023 Ryan Henkel

East Carolina opens its 2023 college football season with what will be its most daunting task of the year, a visit to No. 2 Michigan. The Pirates, in coach Mike Houston’s fifth season in Greenville, […]