List of East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches

Last updated February 10, 2024

The following is a list of East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches. There have been 24 head coaches of the Pirates in their 92-season history.^[1]

East Carolina's current head coach is Michael Schwartz. He was hired as the Pirates' head coach in March 2022,^[2] replacing Joe Dooley, who was fired after the 2021–22 season.^[3]

No.	Tenure	Coach	Years	Record	Pct.
1	1931–1932	C. W. Porter	1	8–9	.471
2	1932–1934	Kenneth Beatty	2	12–17	.414
3	1934–1936	Doc Mathis	2	18–17	.514
4	1936–1937 1939–1940	Bo Farley	2	24–18	.571
5	1937–1938	J. D. Alexander	1	8–12	.400
6	1938–1939	Gordon Gilbert	1	17–10	.630
7	1940–1943	John Christenbury	3	25–15	.625
–	1944–1945	No coach	1	8–6	.571
8	1945–1946 1959–1963	Earl Smith	5	69–49	.585
9	1946–1947	Jim Johnson	1	17–10	.630
10	1947–1959	Howard Porter	12	182–102	.641
11	1963–1966	Wendell Carr	3	32–40	.444
12	1966–1974	Tom Quinn	8	102–107	.488
13	1974–1977	Dave Patton	3	40–42	.488
14	1977–1979	Larry Gillman	2	21–32	.396
15	1979–1982	Dave Odom	3	40–40	.500
16	1982–1987	Charlie Harrison	5	51–90	.362
17	1987–1991	Mike Steele	4	48–68	.414
18	1991–1995	Eddie Payne	4	56–58	.491
19	1995–1999 2018–2022	Joe Dooley	8	101–119	.459
20	1999–2005	Bill Herrion	6	70–98	.417
21	2005–2007	Ricky Stokes	2	14–44	.241
22	2007–2010	Mack McCarthy	3	34–57	.374
23	2010–2017^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Jeff Lebo	8	116–120	.492
–	2017–2018*	Michael Perry	1	8–16	.333
24	2022–present	Michael Schwartz	1	16–17	.485
Totals		24 coaches	92 seasons	1,137–1,213	.484
Records updated through end of 2022–23 season * - Denotes interim head coach. Source^[1]

↑ Lebo resigned on November 29, 2017. Perry served as interim coach for the remainder of the season.^[4]

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References

1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). East Carolina Athletics. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
↑ Friedlander, Brett (March 16, 2022). "Tennessee assistant Michael Schwartz hired as ECU hoop coach". North State Journal . Retrieved March 8, 2023.
↑ "ECU fires basketball coach Joe Dooley" . The Fayetteville Observer . Associated Press. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
↑ Wiseman, Steve (November 29, 2017). "Jeff Lebo out as East Carolina basketball coach". The News & Observer . Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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[Lebo-5] Lebo resigned on November 29, 2017. Perry served as interim coach for the remainder of the season.^[4]

[RecordBook-1] 1 2 "2022-23 Men's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). East Carolina Athletics. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[2] Friedlander, Brett (March 16, 2022). "Tennessee assistant Michael Schwartz hired as ECU hoop coach". North State Journal . Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[3] "ECU fires basketball coach Joe Dooley" . The Fayetteville Observer . Associated Press. March 11, 2012. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

[4] Wiseman, Steve (November 29, 2017). "Jeff Lebo out as East Carolina basketball coach". The News & Observer . Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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