Athletics Archives

Sep 28, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Providing safety on game day

Several hours before kickoff and even before the first barbecue sandwich is served at a tailgate, ECU police officers have started game day preparations. Their objective is simple: make sure...

Southside construction will have little impact on the game day experience of Pirate fans.
Aug 30, 2018
  • ECU News Services

GAME DAY IN PIRATE NATION

It’s time for Pirate Nation to prepare for another football season at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium. The first game is Saturday, Sept. 1 against North Carolina A&T at 6 p.m. This year,...

Aug 15, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Summer athletic camps showcase ECU

Hundreds of area school-age children took part in various summer athletic camps at East Carolina University this year. The camps ranged from volleyball to football and all points in-between. The...

Aug 15, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Summer athletic camps showcase ECU

Hundreds of area school-age children took part in various summer athletic camps at East Carolina University this year. The camps ranged from volleyball to football and all points in-between. The...

Chancellor Cecil Staton, left, and Catherine Staton sign the final steel beam for the Southside Expansion
Jul 13, 2018
  • ECU News Services

ALL HANDS ON DECK

The topping out ceremony for the $60 million expansion project at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium was held July 12 in conjunction with the summer meeting of the ECU Board of Trustees in...

Photography by Rob Goldberg
Apr 25, 2018
  • Bre Lewis

Student: Rachel Renfrow

Rachel Renfrow is a senior business management major from Wilson, a midfielder and center back for the ECU women’s soccer team, and a standout student in the College of Business....

Apr 06, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Club Baseball Team receives championship rings

They are big, sparkly and a perfect fit for national champions. The ECU Club Baseball Team received their 2017 national championship rings during a halftime ceremony at the final ECU...

Apr 05, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Joe Dooley named head men’s basketball coach

After leading Florida Gulf Coast to five conference titles and five consecutive 20-win seasons, former ECU head men’s basketball coach Joe Dooley will return for a second stint at the helm...

Mar 15, 2018
  • Jeannine Manning Hutson

Dave Hart named special advisor for athletics at ECU

Former East Carolina University Director of Athletics Dave Hart has been named special advisor to the chancellor for athletics, Chancellor Cecil Staton announced today. Hart, who was recognized in 2008...

Mar 12, 2018
  • ECU News Services

Increased campus activity, traffic

During the weekend of March 23-24, ECU will have more than a dozen events, programs and activities going on across our main campus, athletics complexes and parking lots. ECU will...