Rice has moved quickly to hire a new football coach.
ESPN reports Rice hired Davidson football coach Scott Abell as its next coach, the university announced Tuesday. Abell is 47-28 since arriving at Davidson in 2018. Before that, he was 39-24 at Washington & Lee.
He also has seven consecutive winning seasons for the Wildcats.
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By ECUPirates.com Josh Aldridge has been named East Carolina's new defensive coordinator according to an announcement by head coach Blake Harrell Wednesday afternoon. His acceptance to lead the Pirates' defense ends a two-year stay at Auburn (2023-24). Serving as the...
ECU's football program got some good news from its starting quarterback on Wednesday. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere else! Let’s run it back Pirate Nation!! #burntheboats 🏴☠️ pic.twitter.com/V9FJGASOwv — Katin Houser (@katinhouser) December 18, 2024 Katin Houser...
A former ECU football player who entered the transfer portal at the end of the 2023 season is coming back to Greenville. 🏴☠️🦅 pic.twitter.com/sZEwDNR507 — Teagan Wilk (@TeaganWilk9) December 18, 2024 Pirate Radio's Holton Ahlers reported on X that Teagan Wilk, who...
It's Wednesday and time for the weekly Hump Day edition of Pirate Radio Live. Clip and Chandler will have regular guests Ken Watlington of WNCT and The Daily Reflector's Patrick Mason. Both will talk about the ECU men's basketball team beating FIU Tuesday night, the...
By ECUPirates.com C.J. Walker scored 23 points and grabbed 10 rebounds as East Carolina snapped its three-game slide with a 75-64 win over FIU inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum on Tuesday night. Jordan Riley added 16 points and six rebounds for the Pirates...
Former ECU defensive lineman CJ Mims is back in the transfer portal following the resignation of Wake Forest Coach Dave Clawson. Clawson announced the news on Monday. On Tuesday, Mims, a West Craven High School grad, decided he was backing out of his transfer portal...
Norfolk State has decided to name former Virginia Tech and NFL star QB Michael Vick as its next head football coach. The Virginian-Pilot reports, "Vick and NSU agreed to contract terms Tuesday, multiple sources said, with an introductory news conference expected...
Another former member of the ECU football team has announced he will be playing for a new team. Zakye Barker, a linebacker for the Pirates, announced Tuesday he would be playing for SMU. The school also announced the news on its X account. An All-Conference selection...
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