The call on Godwin is ... safe

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There probably has been more speculation on Billy Godwin's status as East Carolina baseball coach outside the athletic department than within.

The Pirate skipper has been conducting business as usual this week, recruiting in the Northeast, and said Wednesday he expected to be ECU's coach in 2014.

Director of media relations Tom McClellan said Thursday that new athletic director Jeff Compher had put together a statement indicating Godwin's job security through the year remaining on Godwin's contract.

The ECU coach noted that the program lost almost 500 innings of pitching from the 2012 team and that many players were in unaccustomed roles at the outset of 2013. The Pirates won 14 of their last 20 games to finish 31-26 as players' comfort levels begin to mesh with their potential and experience.

"We're really excited about what we've got coming in (recruits)," Godwin said. "Nobody's happy about how this year went."

ECU did not make the NCAA Tournament field this year.

The Pirates will compete in Conference USA for the last time in 2014 before moving to the American Athletic Conference.

Godwin assumed the reigns of the ECU program in October 2005 after the resignation of Randy Mazey. Since then, he has compiled a 301-188-1 overall record and a 106-84-1 mark in C-USA.

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