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List of East Carolina Pirates head football coaches

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There have been 22 head coaches for the East Carolina Pirates. East Carolina started organized football with the nickname Teachers, in 1932.{{cite web| title = 1932| work = 1930's Football| publisher = Joyner Library, East Carolina University| date = 2005-08-30| url = http://www.ecu.edu/cs-lib/archives/spfball.cfm| access-date = 2008-04-17| archive-date = 2008-09-04| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080904211620/http://www.ecu.edu/cs%2Dlib/Archives/spfball.cfm| url-status = dead}} The school changed the nickname to the Pirates on February 26, 1934.{{Cite web|last=Staino |first=Patricia |title=The East Carolina story |publisher=Metro Signature Section |date=November 2003 |url=http://www.metronc.com/article/?id=286 |access-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061024151311/http://www.metronc.com/article/?id=286 |archive-date=2006-10-24 }}

East Carolina has played in more than 800 games in a total of 84 seasons, 42 of which are in Division I-A.Before 1973, Division 1 was referred to as NCAA University Division (Major College) From 1973 to 1977, this division was refer to as NCAA Division I. From 1978 to 2006, this division is referred to as NCAA Division I-A. 2006, the NCAA changed the name from Division I to Football Bowl Subdivision.{{cite web|title=Football Classifications |work=East Carolina Pirates |publisher=College Football Data Warehouse |year=2008 |url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/east_carolina/index.php |access-date=2008-04-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510104912/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/east_carolina/index.php |archive-date=2008-05-10 }} In those games, seven coaches have brought the Pirates to bowl games: Jack Boone in 1952 and 1954, Clarence Stasavich in 1963, 1964 and 1965, Pat Dye in 1978, Bill Lewis in 1991, Steve Logan in 1994, 1995, 1999, 2000 and 2001, Skip Holtz in 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, and Ruffin McNeill in 2010, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Five coaches have won conference championships with the Pirates: Jack Boone in 1953, Clarence Stasavich in 1966, Sonny Randle in 1972 and 1973, Pat Dye in 1976, and Skip Holtz in 2008 and 2009. Steve Logan is the all-time leader in games coached, years coached, and wins, while John Christenbury leads all coaches in winning percentage with 0.867. O. A. Hankner is statistically the worst coach the Pirates have had in terms of winning percentage, with .000.

Of the 22 Pirate coaches, Mike McGee and Pat Dye have been inducted to the College Football Hall of Fame. Two coaches, Clarence Stasavich and Bill Lewis, have received National Coach of the Year honors. Three former players have been head coach for the Pirates: Jim Johnson, Ed Emory and Ruffin McNeill. In addition, former players have become Pirate assistant coaches, such as Junior Smith and Paul Troth.{{Cite web|title=Purple pedigree runs deep in newest Holtz aide |publisher=Bonesville.net |year=2004 |access-date=2008-04-14 |url=http://www.bonesville.net/articles/OtherArticles/Bonesville/Bonesville_Football/2004/121404_JrSmith.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517094758/http://www.bonesville.net/Articles/OtherArticles/Bonesville/Bonesville_Football/2004/121404_JrSmith.htm |archive-date=2008-05-17 }}{{cite news | title = Paul Troth Named To East Carolina Football Staff| work = Sports| publisher = WITN| url = http://www.witntv.com/sports/features/2/3199401.html| access-date = 2008-04-14}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} The current coach is Blake Harrell. Statistics correct as of December 3, 2021, after the end of the 2021–22 college football season. East Carolina changed from East Carolina Teachers College to East Carolina College in 1951 and to East Carolina University in 1967.

Key

{{legend2|#FFE6BD|^ Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|#ddffdd|* Spent entire professional head coaching career with Pirates|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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|Number of coachesA running total of the number of coaches of the Pirates.

GC

|Games Coached

W

|Wins

L

|Loses

T

|Ties

W–L %

|Win–loss percentage

Coaches

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! rowspan="2" | #

! rowspan="2" | Name

! rowspan="2" | Term

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! colspan="3" | Post-season

! rowspan="2" | Awards

GC

! W

! L

! T

! W–L %

! GC

! W

! L

align="center" Colspan="18" style="background: #4F0076"|East Carolina Teachers College Teachers
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|1

|Kenneth Beatty*

|1932–1933

|11

|1

|10

|0

|0.091

|–

|–

|–

|–

align="center" Colspan="18" style="background: #4F0076"|East Carolina Teachers College Pirates
bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|2

|G.L. "Doc" Mathis*

|1934–1935

|12

|4

|7

|1

|0.375

|–

|–

|–

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|3

|Bo Farley*

|1936

|5

|3

|2

|0

|0.600

|–

|–

|–

|–

4

|J. D. Alexander

|1937–1938

|15

|3

|11

|1

|0.233

|–

|–

|–

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|5

|O. A. Hankner*

|1939

|8

|0

|8

|0

|0.000

|–

|–

|–

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|6

|John Christenbury*

|1940–1941

|15

|12

|3

|0

|0.800

|–

|–

|–

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|7

|Jim Johnson*

|1946–1948

|27

|8

|18

|1

|0.315

|–

|–

|–

|–

align="center" Colspan="18" style="background: #4F0076"|East Carolina College Pirates
8

|Bill Dole

|1949–1951

|30

|15

|14

|1

|0.517

|–

|–

|–

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|9

|Jack Boone*

|1952–1961

|97

|49

|43

|5

|0.520

|2

|0

|2

|–

align="center" Colspan="18" style="background: #4F0076"|East Carolina University Pirates
10

|Clarence Stasavich

|1962–1969

|75

|47

|27

|1

|0.647

|3

|3

|0

|1964 NAIA Coach of the Year{{cite web|title=College Division: 1960-1982 |work=AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners |publisher=American Football Coaches Association |year=2006 |url=http://www.afca.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&SPID=7857&SPSID=69275 |access-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102172641/http://www.afca.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&SPID=7857&SPSID=69275 |archive-date=2009-01-02 }}

bgcolor="#FFE6BD"

|11

|Mike McGee^{{College Football HoF|id=1737|name=Mike McGee|access-date=2008-04-14}}

|1970

|11

|3

|8

|0

|0.273

|–

|–

|–

|–

12

|Sonny Randle

|1971–1973

|32

|22

|10

|0

|0.688

|–

|–

|–

|1972 Southern Conference Media Coach-of-the-Year{{cite web| title = Media Coach of the Year| work = Annual Individual Awards| publisher = Southern Conference| year = 2007| url = http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/07fbguide/annual_ind_awards.pdf?SPSID=35576&SPID=1781&DB_OEM_ID=4000| access-date = 2008-03-14| archive-date = 2011-07-16| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110716102421/http://www.soconsports.com/fls/4000/socon/files/07fbguide/annual_ind_awards.pdf?SPSID=35576&SPID=1781&DB_OEM_ID=4000| url-status = live}}
1973 Southern Conference Media Coach-of-the-Year

bgcolor="#FFE6BD"

|13

|Pat Dye^{{College Football HoF|id=2167|name=Pat Dye|access-date=2008-04-14}}

|1974–1979

|66

|47

|18

|1

|0.724

|1

|1

|0

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|14

|Ed Emory*

|1980–1984

|55

|26

|29

|0

|0.473

|–

|–

|–

|–

15

|Art Baker

|1985–1988

|44

|13

|31

|0

|0.295

|–

|–

|–

|–

16

|Bill Lewis

|1989–1991

|33

|21

|12

|0

|0.647

|1

|1

|0

|1991 National Coach-of-the-Year{{cite web|title=Football Bowl Subdivision |work=AFCA Coach of the Year Award - Past Winners |publisher=American Football Coaches Association |year=2006 |url=http://www.afca.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&SPID=7857&SPSID=69275 |access-date=2008-04-14 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090102172641/http://www.afca.com/SportSelect.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=9300&SPID=7857&SPSID=69275 |archive-date=2009-01-02 }}

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|17

|Steve Logan*

|1992–2002

|122

|67

|55

|0

|0.543

|5

|2

|3

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|18

|John Thompson*

|2003–2004

|23

|3

|20

|0

|0.130

|–

|–

|–

|–

19

|Skip Holtz

|2005–2009

|61

|37

|24

|0

|0.607

|4

|1

|3

|–

20

|Ruffin McNeill

|2010–2015

|59

|35

|24

|0

|0.593

|3

|1

|2

|–

bgcolor="#ddffdd"

|21

|Scottie Montgomery

|2016–2018

|35

|9

|26

|0

|0.257

|–

|–

|–

|–

|David Blackwell†

|2018

|1

|0

|1

|0

|0.00

|–

|–

|–

|–

22

|Mike Houston

|2019–2024

|58

|24

|34

|0

|{{Winning percentage|24|34}}

|1

|1

|–

|–

23

|Blake Harrell

|2024

|6

|5

|1

|0

|0.833

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References

;General

  • {{cite web

|title=East Carolina Coaching Records

|work=East Carolina History

|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse

|year=2008

|url=http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/east_carolina/coaching_records.php

|access-date=2008-04-14

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080421163719/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/conferenceusa/east_carolina/coaching_records.php

|archive-date=2008-04-21

}}

  • {{cite web

|title = Football

|work = Sports

|publisher = East Carolina Official Athletic Site

|year = 2008

|url = http://ecupirates.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/ecu-m-footbl-body.html

|access-date = 2008-04-14

|url-status = dead

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080430154749/http://ecupirates.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/ecu-m-footbl-body.html

|archive-date = 2008-04-30

}}

† The defensive coordinator appointed interim football coach to finish out 2018 year.

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