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Spring football underway
If there’s a central theme to college football spring practice in North Carolina this year, it’s “New.” That’s new as in the four first-year coaches that will spend the next few weeks getting to know […]
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National signing day still important, especially for newly-hired coaches
National signing day isn’t the big deal it once was, thanks to the addition of a new early signing period in December. But it still holds plenty of importance to the young players making their […]
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ECU announces game against William & Mary to fill 2019 football schedule
East Carolina filled the opening on its 2019 football schedule Wednesday by announcing it will play William & Mary at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on September 21. The game replaces a previously scheduled date against Virginia Tech […]
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Look Ahead — 2019 Comeback of the Year: Stars aligned for an East Carolina football revival
There’s a reason East Carolina moved so quickly to fire football coach Scottie Montgomery once it was announced that Mike Houston was about to be hired at Charlotte. There’s also a reason why Houston decided […]
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New coaches scramble to assemble classes on early signing day
College football’s new early signing period, which was instituted last year, has increased the pressure on coaches — especially those like Wake Forest’s Dave Clawson, who is already in Birmingham preparing his team to play […]
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Football coaching changes aplenty for NC colleges
A week after North Carolina got it spinning with the hiring of Mack Brown, the college football coaching carousel is still spinning at full speed at state schools. Over the past six days, East Carolina […]
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ECU hires Houston as football coach, Gilbert as AD
It took nine months for East Carolina to fill the opening it had for a permanent athletic director. Once the Pirates settled on Southern Mississippi’s Jon Gilbert for the job, it took him less than […]
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James Madison’s Mike Houston to be ECU’s next football coach
When James Madison’s Mike Houston backed out of a deal to become Charlotte’s next football coach last week, it was assumed he did it to become a candidate for a similar job at East Carolina. […]