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Coach Mo's staff expands by two |
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Scottie Montgomery's staff
continued to grow on Tuesday as East
Carolina's first-year head coach announced
the hiring of Middle Tennessee State
assistant Geep Wade and Duke staffer Ethan
Johnson ...
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Fast start lifts Tulsa |
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TULSA, OK East
Carolina struggled
early at Tulsa on
Tuesday night and
absorbed a 55-43
American Athletic
Conference loss. The
Pirates made just
six of 33 field goal
attempts and
committed 12
turnovers in the
first half
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Next: ECU at
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Black Saturday for Pirate hoops |
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Pirate women were looking to break a
long losing streak. The Pirate men
were looking to open league play
with a win before a tough stretch of
games. Both squads fell short of
their winning goals on Saturday. ...
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from Brian Bailey... |
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FOOTBALL |
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Pirates lure FIU special teams guru |
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East Carolina head
football coach Scottie Montgomery
took the next step in putting
together his first-year staff on
Saturday, announcing the hiring of
one of Conference USA's top special
teams coordinators. ...
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UCF rallies past Pirates |
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GREENVILLE Central
Florida overcame a
10-point second half
deficit for a 71-68
win at East Carolina
on Saturday night in
the American
Athletic Conference
opener for both
teams.
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FOOTBALL |
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Petersen departs La. Tech for
Pirates |
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On the eve of
officially going on the payroll on
New Year's Day as East Carolina's
head football coach, Scottie
Montgomery swung into action a day
early on Thursday by tapping the
staff of former ECU coach Skip Holtz
for an offensive coordinator and
quarterbacks coach. ...
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FOOTBALL |
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Coach Mo's staff starts taking shape |
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Ten days after taking
over as East Carolina's head
football coach, Scottie Montgomery
took the first formal steps on
Wednesday towards organizing the
program to reflect his blueprint ...
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Pirates roll after fast start |
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GREENVILLE The shooting touch that was
missing for East Carolina on Sunday at James
Madison was found on Tuesday night in
Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum as the
Pirates won 98-71 over South Carolina State.
ECU (8-5) jumped out to leads of 13-2 and
21-4 against the Bulldogs (5-8).
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Dukes outshoot ECU |
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HARRISONBURG, VA After taking a
61-60 lead on two free throws by B.J.
Tyson with 2:48 remaining, East
Carolina didn't score the rest of
the way in a 67-61 nonconference
loss at James Madison on Sunday
afternoon. Poor shooting plagued the
Pirates (7-5), who made just 21 of
61 field goal attempts for 34.4
percent.
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Beam us up, Scottie |
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never was a big Star Trek fan
but the headline phrase ran
through my mind when Scottie
Montgomery was named football
coach at East Carolina. There
was some degree of urgency
oftentimes when Captain Kirk
asked to be returned to the
Enterprise on the television
show. ...
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Staff Report
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Scottie Montgomery's
staff continued to grow on Tuesday as East Carolina's first-year coach
announced the hiring of Middle Tennessee State assistant Geep Wade and
Duke staffer Ethan Johnson.
Wade
will coach the Pirates offensive line, the same role he carried out
for the Blue Raiders the last three seasons. MTSU's offense during
his tenure ranked ranked among the nation's passing and rushing
leaders.
The
2002 Chattanooga graduate's previous coaching stops included
Marshall and Chattanooga.
Wade is married to the
former Amy Howell of McKenzie, TN. The couple has two children, Emma
Kate and Jackson.
Johnson will serve as
ECU's director of player personnel.
He spent the last 10
years as assistant director of player personnel for the Blue Devils,
with significant responsibilities in all aspects of recruiting.
The
2005 Liberty grad served alongside Montgomery and recently-named ECU
assistant AD for football operations Terrell Smith during stretches
of his stint in Durham.
Wade and Johnson join seven previously-announced staff hires since Montgomery's
appointment to succeed Ruffin McNeill as head coach of the Pirates:
Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach
Tony Petersen (previously
served in that same capacity at Louisiana Tech)
Defensive coordinator
Kenwick Thompson (previously served as
Vanderbilt associate head coach
and linebackers coach)
Defensive line coach Deke Adams (previously served in the same role
at South Carolina)
Wide receivers coach Phil McGeoghan (previously served in the same
role for the Miami Dolphins)
Secondary coach Rick Smith (previously served as defensive
coordinator and secondary coach on former ECU coach Ruffin McNeill's
staff)
Special teams coach Shannon Moore (previously served as special
teams coach at Florida International)
Assistant athletics director for football operations Terrell Smith
(previously served as
director of football operations at Duke)
The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30
p.m. Brian's guest this week was
ECU
assistant
AD for football operations
Terrell Smith (right):