The East Carolina job is open. ECU this week fired Mike Houston, marking the first head coaching change since the season began and kicking off the coaching carousel in earnest. He helped coach Jayden Daniels to the Heisman Trophy as LSU’s quarterbacks coach last year, and this year’s offense is still top-30 nationally in yards per play despite losing several …
By Alex Andrejev, Ralph Russo and Chris Vannini East Carolina fired football coach Mike Houston on Sunday after five-plus seasons that produced only two bowl bids, the school announced. “After a comprehensive evaluation of our football program, I informed Mike Houston this morning that we are making a change in leadership,” ECU athletic director Jon Gilbert said in a statement …
N.C. — Kelvin Sampson had no interest in breaking down the ins and outs of top-ranked Houston’s first-half lockdown on East Carolina. “I’m happy for our kids to be rewarded with winning a conference championship,” Sampson said after Saturday night’s 76-57 win at East Carolina to clinch outright possession of the league’s regular-season title. “But we’ve figured out how to …
