An interview with Fernando Mendoza's priest, who says Indiana's star quarterback has led a spiritual revival on campus.
( Published Wednesday, January 28th, 2026 @ 6:54 pm )]]> "They like to bro out over football. It's not all talk about Venezuela."
( Published Sunday, January 25th, 2026 @ 4:25 pm )]]> The NBA/NFL is proposing that college become a requirement for players entering the draft. This would mean that players would have to spend at least one year in college before they are eligible for the draft.
( Published Friday, October 21st, 2022 @ 12:21 pm )]]> First came the rain. Then came the lightning and thunder. The electrifying show didn't materialize in the night sky above Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday, however, but on the soggy turf below.
( Published Wednesday, September 21st, 2022 @ 1:30 pm )]]> Following his first game as East Carolina's football coach, a decisive loss at NC State on the last day of August in 2019, Mike Houston vowed to bring a vastly different team into battle the next time the teams met.
( Published Thursday, September 8th, 2022 @ 11:36 am )]]> Big plays on both sides of the ball highlighted East Carolina's final scrimmage of preseason camp Saturday morning at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
( Published Sunday, September 4th, 2022 @ 1:47 pm )]]> East Carolina's defensive unit tallied 16 tackles for loss and six sacks Saturday morning, highlighting the Pirates' first intra-squad scrimmage of preseason camp inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
( Published Saturday, September 3rd, 2022 @ 6:35 pm )]]> After six practices, two in shorts and four more in shells, fourth-year head coach Mike Houston guided East Carolina through its first full-pad workout of the 2022 preseason camp Thursday morning at the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
( Published Friday, September 2nd, 2022 @ 11:35 pm )]]> Following a pair of introductory workouts in shorts and helmets, East Carolina moved to the second phase of fall camp donning shoulder pads for the first time as the Pirates completed their third session on Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex Friday morning.
( Published Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 @ 6:31 pm )]]> Fourth-year East Carolina Head Football Coach Mike Houston opened the 2022 campaign Wednesday morning by guiding the Pirates through their first official workout of the season on Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
( Published Tuesday, August 30th, 2022 @ 6:47 pm )]]> East Carolina University's ECU Pirates football team will compete in the FBS football season and in the NCAA Division. In addition, the Pirates will compete in the American Athletic Conference and play their home matches at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium in Greenville, North Carolina.
( Published Wednesday, August 17th, 2022 @ 9:57 am )]]> The East Carolina Pirates, under the direction of fourth-year head football coach Mike Houston, opened the spring practice period with their first official workout late Tuesday afternoon on Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
( Published Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022 @ 8:33 am )]]> East Carolina running backs coach Chris Foster, who was initially named to the Pirates' staff in February, has assumed duties as the program's recruiting coordinator
( Published Thursday, November 4th, 2021 @ 11:34 am )]]> A pair of practices in shorts and three more in shells led to East Carolina's first full-pad workout of its 2021 preseason camp Tuesday morning at the Cliff Moore Practice Complex.
( Published Tuesday, November 2nd, 2021 @ 4:45 am )]]> East Carolina moved to the next phase of fall camp donning shoulder pads for the first time as the Pirates turned in their third workout on Hight Field inside the Cliff Moore Practice Complex Friday morning.
( Published Saturday, October 30th, 2021 @ 2:31 pm )]]> Third-year East Carolina Head Football Coach Mike Houston opened the 2021 campaign in earnest Wednesday morning
( Published Friday, October 29th, 2021 @ 7:53 am )]]> The East Carolina University Department of Athletics is excited to welcome fans back inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium this fall
( Published Wednesday, October 27th, 2021 @ 1:41 pm )]]> East Carolina sophomore wide receiver and return specialist Tyler Snead is one of 57 players named to the 2021 Paul Hornung Award Watch List
( Published Wednesday, October 20th, 2021 @ 11:42 am )]]> East Carolina senior punter Jonn Young is one of 51 players named to the 2021 Ray Guy Award Watch List according to an announcement by the Augusta Sports Council Wednesday.
( Published Saturday, September 4th, 2021 @ 8:07 am )]]> Former Pirate record-setting receiver and assistant coach Jason Nichols has returned to the East Carolina University campus as director of football player development according to an announcement from head coach Mike Houston on Thursday.
( Published Thursday, August 12th, 2021 @ 12:23 pm )]]> The 26th Annual Meet the Pirates event is scheduled for Saturday, August 21 at Bagwell Field inside Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium from 9–11 a.m.
( Published Tuesday, August 10th, 2021 @ 10:54 am )]]> East Carolina freshman Rahjai Harris is one of 82 running backs named to the 2021 Doak Walker Award Preseason Watch List according to an announcement by the PwC SMU Athletic Forum Wednesday.
( Published Monday, August 9th, 2021 @ 9:11 am )]]> East Carolina punter Jonn Young has been named a recipient of the 2021 University Scholar-Athlete Award according to an announcement from the National Football Foundation's (NFF) Bill Dooley Chapter on Monday.
( Published Monday, July 19th, 2021 @ 4:33 pm )]]> The kickoff time for East Carolina's 2021 home opener against South Carolina, scheduled for September 11 at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium, has been set for 12 noon (ET) and will be televised on ESPN2 according to an announcement by the American Athletic Conference on Thursday afternoon.
( Published Monday, June 7th, 2021 @ 10:25 am )]]> Freshman receiver Kerry King's pair of fourth-quarter touchdown receptions and a surging defensive effort lifted the Gold squad to a 17-3 victory in East Carolina's Purple-Gold scrimmage at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium on Saturday.
( Published Tuesday, April 27th, 2021 @ 4:29 pm )]]>