QUICK FACTS
Location: Greenville, NC
Founded: 1907
Enrollment: 26,900
Nickname: Pirates
Colors: Purple and Gold
Chancellor: Dr. Steve Ballard
Athletics Director: Jeff Compher
Senior Woman Administrator: Rose Thompson Smaw
Media Relations Director: Tom McClellan
Ticket Office Phone: 252-328-4500
Alumni Director: Paul Clifford
LINKS
Athletics Website: ECUPirates.com
University Website: www.ecu.edu
Alumni Website: http://www.ecu.edu/alumni/
Facebook: East Carolina Pirates
Twitter: @ECUAthletics
Convention Bureau: http://www.visitgreenvillenc.com/
Other Sites of Interest:
http://www.reflector.com
http://www.newsobserver.com
ATHLETIC FACILITIES
Football Stadium: Dowdy-Ficklen (50,000)
Basketball/Volleyball Arena: Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum (8,000)
Baseball: Clark-LeClair Stadium (5,000)
Softball: ECU Softball Stadium (1,000)
Swimming: Minges Aquatic Center
Soccer/Track and Field: Bunting Field
SPONSORED SPORTS (19)
MEN (9) - Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field
WOMEN (10) - Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Swimming & Diving, Tennis, Indoor & Outdoor Track & Field, Volleyball
NOTABLE ALUMNI
- RICK ATKINSON - Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian
- JEFF BLAKE - Former NFL Quarterback
- SANDRA BULLOCK - Oscar-winning actress
- RON CLARK - Former Disney Teacher of the Year and author of the best-selling "The Essential 55"
- BETH GRANT - Actress
- CHRIS JOHNSON - Running back, Tennessee Titans
- VONTA LEACH - Fullback, Baltimore Ravens
- VINCE & LINDA McMAHON - Creators of the WWE empire
- ROBERT MORGAN - Former U.S. Senator
- EMILY PROCTER - Actress
- SANDRA MIMS ROWE - Editor of The Oregonian (Portland)
- KEVIN WILLIAMSON - Creator of "Scream", "I Know What You Did Last Summer" and "Dawson's Creek"
- KAY YOW - Highly successful women's basketball coach at North Carolina State
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