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January 8, 2026

Scottie Montgomery

Article

Panthers interview Jay Gruden, Montgomery for second time

January 20, 2022 Steve Reed, Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Former Washington head coach Jay Gruden and Indianapolis Colts running backs coach Scottie Montgomery have had second interviews with the Carolina Panthers for their vacant offensive coordinator position, according to a person familiar […]

Article

Top candidates to replace David Cutcliffe at Duke

December 1, 2021 Shawn Krest

David Cutcliffe has shown that it is, in fact, possible to win at Duke, which means that the job he is leaving is much more desirable than the one he inherited. As Duke begins its […]

Article

NC State hires Ruffin McNeill as special assistant

July 7, 2020 Cory Lavalette

Former East Carolina player and coach Ruffin McNeill is joining Dave Doeren’s staff as a special assistant, NC State announced Tuesday. “I’ve known Ruffin since the beginning of my coaching career,” Doeren said in a […]

College Football

Five questions to ponder before kickoff

September 13, 2019 Brett Friedlander

College football action in the Old North State gets off an an early start again this weekend with the highly anticipated nonconference matchup between conference rivals North Carolina and Wake Forest.  It’s a strange dynamic […]

College Football

Houston’s first win with East Carolina comes just days after death of father

September 11, 2019 Brett Friedlander

The celebration inside the East Carolina locker room on Saturday was going to be an emotional one no matter what. The 48-9 victory against Gardner-Webb was the first for the Pirates under new coach Mike […]

Sports

New season, same result for State, ECU

August 31, 2019 Brett Friedlander

RALEIGH — The names, the faces and many of the coaches on both sides have changed, but the result was a familiar one for the football rematch between NC State and East Carolina on Saturday. […]

Sports

Houston hits reset button entering first season with ECU

August 28, 2019 Brett Friedlander

GREENVILLE — Mike Houston had just coached what would be his final game at James Madison last December, a 23-20 loss to Colgate in the second round of the FCS playoffs. On the flight home, […]

Article

Football coaching changes aplenty for NC colleges

December 5, 2018 Brett Friedlander

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 […]

Article

ECU hires Houston as football coach, Gilbert as AD

December 3, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  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 […]

Article

James Madison’s Mike Houston to be ECU’s next football coach

December 2, 2018 Brett Friedlander

  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. […]

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