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 Another highly successful campaign ended for East Carolina Friday night inside Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in a 3-1 (25-11, 18-25, 20-25, 18-25) setback to UConn in the Super 16 round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship. The...
While speculation continues over whether ECU will be in the Military Bowl along with NC State, we at least know one staple will be in the bowl game's parade. EyeOnAnnapolis.net reports the Budweiser Clydesdales will lead the Military Bowl Parade in Annapolis on...
A familiar face to ECU has gotten a contract extension as Georgia Tech's athletics director. AJC.com reports Georgia Tech approved extended contracts for football coach Brent Key and AD J Batt. Batt's original contract, running until 2027, gave him an annual salary of...
There are many free agents who will be available in the CFL starting in February unless they sign with their current teams. CFL.ca writer Marshall Ferguson listed one for each team in the league that the respective teams can't lose. One of them is ECU Football Alum...
It's Friday, which means it's Football Friday. Clip and Chandler will have the regular Friday guests like WCTI-TV's Brian North to talk high school football playoffs. They'll also be other guests to talk about high school, college and pro football, like Tony Dunn and...
By ECUPirates.com East Carolina turned up the heat after a close first-set loss Thursday evening, downing visiting Winthrop 3-1 (24-26, 25-21, 25-19, 25-11) in the opening round of the National Invitational Volleyball Championship inside Williams Arena at Minges...
ECU alum and Winnipeg OL Stanley Bryant is back for another season of football in the CFL. “I think I’m still the best guy in the league, and I think that I’m going to continue to show that," Bryant, 38, told the media on Tuesday. He also said he has incentive to win...
Say it ain't so. One of the latest bowl projections by Brett McMurphy has NC State and ECU squaring off in the Military Bowl on Dec. 28 in Annapolis, Md. He does mention in the report how spot-on he was in Tuesday night’s CFP rankings and how he earlier broke the...
Thursday's Pirate Radio Live will cover several topics. ECU volleyball will host Winthrop in the NIVC tournament. We're one day past early National Signing Day and a new edition of The Holton Ahlers Show is out. Clip, Chandler and the gang will discuss these topics...
The newest edition of The Holton Ahlers Show has the new ECU football coach, defensive coordinator Blake Harrell. On this week's episode, Harrell joins the show to discuss being hired as the head football coach, the future under him, changes that will be made and who...