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ECU officially became the Pirates in 1934. [6] In 1983, a contest was developed to name the Pirates. Children from all over Pitt County submitted their ideas, and Pee Dee the Pirate was chosen. The Pee Dee River is a river along the North Carolina and South Carolina border where pirates often set up camp. The name was less than popular with ECU ...
East Carolina alumni are generally known as Pirates. The first class of 123 students entered ECTTS in 1909, [ 1 ] and the first 16 graduates received their degrees in 1911. [ 2 ] Since then, the institute has greatly expanded, with an enrollment of 17,728 undergraduates and 5,436 postgraduate students as of Spring 2007 [update] .
Five coaches have won conference championships with the Pirates: Jack Boone in 1953, Clarence Stasavich in 1966, Sonny Randle in 1972 and 1973, Pat Dye in 1976, and Skip Holtz in 2008 and 2009. Steve Logan is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached, and wins, while John Christenbury leads all coaches in winning percentage with 0.867.
The East Carolina Pirates are a college football team that represents East Carolina University (variously "East Carolina" or "ECU"). The team is a member of the American Athletic Conference, which is in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Blake Harrell is the head ...
The Pirates have had six players drafted by the New York Giants and five by the Dallas Cowboys and four by the Minnesota Vikings during the school's history. East Carolina most productive year was 1984, when the school had eight players selected in the draft.
Clark-LeClair Stadium is the home of Pirate baseball at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina. The stadium was named after Pirate alumnus and key contributor Bill Clark and former Pirate skipper Keith LeClair. [25] The stadium has 3,000 Stadium bleacher seats, plus space for several thousand more spectators in "The Jungle".
The Pirates fired coach Mike Houston midway through his sixth season on Oct. 20. Garrett Riley’s name floated for ECU job. Clemson offensive coordinator responds
The following is a list of East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches. There have been 24 head coaches of the Pirates in their 92-season history. [1] East Carolina's current head coach is Michael Schwartz. He was hired as the Pirates' head coach in March 2022, [2] replacing Joe Dooley, who was fired after the 2021–22 season. [3]