NEWPORT, R.I. — Mike Houston has been in this position before, bracing to prove doubters wrong.

It began with his first head coaching job, in 2001 at T.C. Roberson High School in Asheville, when his team was picked in the preseason eighth out of nine teams but thrived during the season to…

NEWPORT, R.I. — East Carolina athletics director Jon Gilbert found time to put on a swimsuit by mid-afternoon Monday, and ECU football coach Mike Houston sneaked in advice to Pirate receiver Deondre Farrier on the proper cracker-to-oyster ratio when Houston was between interviews at American…

NEWPORT, R.I. — East Carolina is at American Athletic Conference football media days, equipped with first-year coach Mike Houston, first-year athletics director Jon Gilbert and senior receiver Deondre Farrier in his first visit to Newport.

Aside from veteran media relations director Tom…

A trio of first-year American Athletic Conference football coaches, including East Carolina's Mike Houston, heads to Newport, R.I., today for a first taste of seafood, interviews and more at AAC media days.

The other two newcomers are Temple's Rod Carey and Dana Holgorsen after his offseason…

The Minges Coliseum court is in under renovation as East Carolina’s basketball coaches also are working to reconstruct their teams that will play this year on a new-look Minges paint scheme.

Fresh from checking out a recent workout of men’s coach Joe Dooley’s squad, which this…

Many East Carolina football fans know what Holton Ahlers will be doing in August and the ensuing months as the Pirates’ sophomore projected starting quarterback.

Others fans might have noticed the Greenville native was an ardent ECU baseball fan in June, but in July, he and other Pirate…

East Carolina University changed its plans to transfer $10 million from ECU Physicians to East Carolina's athletics department to cover years of debt and for other expenses, interim chancellor Dan Gerlach emphasized on Friday during ECU Board of Trustees meetings.

No money was transferred from ECU…

East Carolina joined other University of North Carolina system schools on Friday when the ECU Board of Trustees approved the sale of alcohol to the general public at the Pirates' stadiums and venues.

Gov. Roy Cooper signed a law on June 26 giving universities the option to expand their alcohol…

Brook Valley Country Club will once again play host to the GPRO Tour’s Greenville Open, with tournament action set to be played Monday through Wednesday with a pro-am event scheduled for Sunday.

The tournament will play over 54 holes with the winner receiving a paid entry into the PGA’s…

Like J.J. Miles from Cape Fear Community College for the East Carolina men's basketball team, the ECU women are anticipating the final member of their recruiting class to soon join the team when guard Katerina Tsineke makes her full transition from Thessaloniki, Greece, to Greenville.

A fresh…