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GREENVILLE —
B.J. Tyson scored 21 points as East
Carolina returned from an exam break
to defeat North Carolina A&T 71-60
on Sunday afternoon before a crowd
of 4,151 in Williams Arena at Minges
Coliseum. The Aggies (4-8) came in
with a four-game winning streak and
led by seven points during the first
half.
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Montgomery emerges at 11th hour |
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Multiple reports
indicate that East Carolina's search
for a football coach has concluded
with an offer to Duke offensive
coordinator and quarterbacks coach
Scott Montgomery. ECU's board of
trustees has scheduled an unusual
Sunday afternoon meeting, which will
presumably consider approving terms
of employment.
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FOOTBALL |
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Ruff lands in
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Little
more than a week after his stunning
ouster as East Carolina's head
football coach, Ruffin McNeill has
found his next calling.
McNeill headed a
list of eight assistants added to
the staff of newly-named Virginia
head coach Bronco Mendenhall on
Saturday.
McNeill
will
serve as assistant head coach and
inside linebackers coach
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Has Pirates' ship sailed? |
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 It's
been a week since Ruffin McNeill was
fired as football coach at East
Carolina. Athletic director Jeff
Compher said he made the decision
days before the announcement was
publicized so he actually had some
lead time to do preparation for
finding a replacement. ...
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MULTIMEDIA |
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Audio: The Brian
Bailey Show |
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 The
Brian Bailey Show airs on Pirate
Radio 1250 on Mondays at 6:30 p.m.
Brian's guests this week
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Jeff Gravley, Sammy Batten, Todd
Gibson and Rose High School football
coach David Wojtecki:
Replay
show... |
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CHARLESTON, SC — East Carolina
outscored host College of Charleston
52-40 in the second half but it was
too little, too late, in a 77-73
loss to the Cougars on Monday night.
ECU trailed by 18 points early in
the second half but pulled within
71-69 on a 3-pointer by B.J. Tyson
with 1:05 to go.
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Stunning new era at hand |
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head football coach at his alma
mater, Ruffin McNeill avoided
treating the position as though he
were Chief Executive Officer of a
business. McNeill favored a family
model. He was daddy. The players
were his sons. The assistant coaches
and coordinators were uncles.
McNeill's abrupt dismissal Friday after an injury-plagued 5-7 season was
a reminder that big-time college athletics is indeed a business. ...
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Pictured:
Ruffin McNeill acknowledges the
Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium crowd before what
would turn out to be the East Carolina
alum's final homecoming game as head coach
of the Pirates,
a 30-17 win over
Tulsa on Oct. 17. (W.A. Myatt
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Lefties lead ECU |
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GREENVILLE — Left-handed scoring
powered East Carolina past South
Carolina-Upstate 82-71 in Williams
Arena at Minges Coliseum on Friday
night. Sophomore B.J. Tyson led the
way with a career-high 26 points.
Freshman Kentrell Barkley had 18
points and junior Caleb White
rounded out the southpaw assault
with 13 points.
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East Carolina's
nine-day search for a football coach officially came to an end on Sunday
with an announcement from ECU athletic director Jeff Compher that Duke
offensive coordinator Scottie Montgomery will assume command of the the
Pirates effective Jan. 1.
The
school issued a press release about Montgomery's appointment after
the hiring was approved in a special Sunday afternoon meeting of the
ECU board of trustees.
Montgomery, 37, will meet with the team in advance of a formal
introductory press conference Monday morning at 11 a.m.
Considered by peers and
knowledgeable observers as an up-and-comer in the coaching ranks,
Montgomery played an instrumental role in orchestrating some of the
most prolific offensive units in Duke football history. The Blue Devils
averaged over 30 points per game in each of the last three seasons.
Montgomery was
recognized earlier this month as one of three finalists for the
American Football Coaches Association's Broyles Award. The honor,
given annually to the nation's top assistant coach, is memorialized
in the name of college football icon Frank Broyles. This year's
award ultimately went to former ECU offensive coordinator and
current Oklahoma offensive coordinator Lincoln Riley.
Montgomery becomes the
21st in a line of coaches that dates back to the fledgling East
Carolina Teachers team coached by Kenneth Beatty in 1932-33. Notable
coaches that have led what long ago blossomed into the school's
flagship athletic program have included John Christenbury (1940-41),
whose 1941 squad was the school's only undefeated team, Clarence
Stasavich (1962-70), College Football Hall of Famer Pat Dye
(1974-79), current San Francisco 49ers quarterbacks coach Steve
Logan (1992-2002), Skip Holtz (2005-2009) and McNeill.
Montgomery's hiring comes little more than a week
after
the surprise ouster
of ECU alum Ruffin McNeill as head coach of the Pirates after six
years on the job. New Virginia coach Bronco Mendenhall
added McNeill to his staff
on Saturday as assistant head coach and inside linebackers coach.
An impressive interview
and glowing references helped Montgomery
emerge at the 11th hour as a serious candidate in ECU AD Jeff Compher's week-long drive
to hire a new coach. Media speculation after McNeill's firing
focused on former Michigan coach Brady Hoke, James Madison coach
Everett Withers and North Carolina defensive coordinator and former
Auburn coach Gene Chizik.
The 37-year-old
Montgomery, a former Duke and NFL wide receiver, began his second
coaching stint with the Blue Devils in 2013 after walking the NFL
sidelines for three years as a receivers coach with the Pittsburgh
Steelers.
Montgomery played
professionally with the Denver Broncos (2000-02) and Oakland Raiders
(2003) after graduating from Duke.
Previous ECU coaches
with significant NFL backgrounds included Duke grad Mike McGee
(1971) and Virginia alum Sonny Randle (1972-73). Both departed
Greenville to return to their alma maters as head coaches.
A native of Cleveland
County, Montgomery's portfolio also includes serving as Duke head
coach David Cutcliffe's associate head coach.
Montgomery and his wife,
Ebony McDuffie, have three sons, Cassius, 6, Moses, 2, and Mangus, 8
months.
