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ECU coach ousted
By The Associated Press
GREENVILLE — East Carolina
basketball coach Bill Herrion won't return next season, ending a
six-year tenure with the Pirates that never produced a winning season.
Athletic director Terry
Holland and senior associate athletic director Nick Floyd met with
Herrion on Tuesday morning and asked him to step down after this season.
The school said Herrion
will be offered another position within the athletic department.
``As you can imagine, it
was a very emotional meeting for all concerned,'' Holland said. ``The
timing of the meeting was intended to eliminate the game-to-game
pressure that we felt was a negative for everyone involved.''
The Pirates are 69-96
under Herrion — including 8-17 this season — and host Southern
Mississippi on Wednesday night. A message left for Herrion in the
basketball office wasn't immediately returned.
Before coming to East
Carolina, Herrion spent eight seasons at Drexel, winning at least 20
games six times and making the NCAA tournament three times. He wasn't
able to duplicate that success with the Pirates, and the best he could
do was 14-14 in 2000-01.
02/23/07 10:56 AM
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