List of East Carolina Pirates head football coaches

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The 20th head football coach at East Carolina University, Ruffin McNeill

There have been 22 head coaches for the East Carolina Pirates. East Carolina started organized football with the nickname Teachers, in 1932. [1] The school changed the nickname to the Pirates on February 26, 1934. [2]

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East Carolina has played in more than 800 games in a total of 84 seasons, 42 of which are in Division I-A. [3] [4] 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. [5] [6] The current coach is Mike Houston. 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

  ^ Elected to the College Football Hall of Fame
  * Spent entire professional head coaching career with Pirates

#Number of coaches [7]
GCGames Coached
WWins
LLoses
TTies
W–L %Win–loss percentage

Coaches

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Former coach, Steve Logan
#NameTermRegular seasonPost-seasonAwards
GCWLTW–L %GCWL
East Carolina Teachers College Teachers
1 Kenneth Beatty*1932–19331111000.091
East Carolina Teachers College Pirates
2 G.L. "Doc" Mathis*1934–1935124710.375
3 Bo Farley*193653200.600
4 J. D. Alexander 1937–19381531110.233
5 O. A. Hankner*193980800.000
6 John Christenbury*1940–19411512300.800
7 Jim Johnson*1946–19482781810.315
East Carolina College Pirates
8 Bill Dole 1949–195130151410.517
9 Jack Boone*1952–196197494350.520202
East Carolina University Pirates
10 Clarence Stasavich 1962–196975472710.6473301964 NAIA Coach of the Year [8]
11 Mike McGee^ [9] 1970113800.273
12 Sonny Randle 1971–197332221000.6881972 Southern Conference Media Coach-of-the-Year [10]
1973 Southern Conference Media Coach-of-the-Year [10]
13 Pat Dye^ [11] 1974–197966471810.724110
14 Ed Emory*1980–198455262900.473
15 Art Baker 1985–198844133100.295
16 Bill Lewis 1989–199133211200.6471101991 National Coach-of-the-Year [12]
17 Steve Logan*1992–2002122675500.543523
18 John Thompson*2003–20042332000.130
19 Skip Holtz 2005–200961372400.607413
20 Ruffin McNeill 2010–201559352400.593312
21 Scottie Montgomery 2016–20183592600.257
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22 Mike Houston 2019–Present5824340.41411

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References

General

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

Specific
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