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East Carolina Hires Ruffin McNeill

Less than two weeks after coming up short on the Texas Tech job, longtime assistant coach Ruffin McNeill has been hired to lead his alma mater -- East Carolina -- the school confirmed Friday. McNeill, 51, was introduced Friday morning as the Pirates' new head football coach. "There is no doubt about his ability to lead...

Texas Tech Set to Introduce Tommy Tuberville as New Coach

Texas Tech has a reached a deal with former Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville to take over the Red Raiders football program, and he will be introduced as the new head coach Sunday, a source familiar with the situation told FanHouse on Saturday and the school's Web site confirmed later in the day. The press conference will...

Art Briles Decides to Stay at Baylor

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers has confirmed Baylor coach Art Briles will not be interviewing for the Red Raiders' vacant top job. It turns out Briles' $4 million buyout clause in his current contract was too much to even consider having a serious conversation. Myers sought and received permission from Baylor...

Texas Tech Seeks Permission to Interview Baylor's Art Briles

Texas Tech athletic director Gerald Myers has contacted Baylor athletic director Ian McCaw to seek permission to talk with second-year coach Art Briles, two sources familiar with the situation confirmed to FanHouse Wednesday. This comes does days after Briles reaffirmed his commitment to Baylor, and indicates Texas Tech...

Starting 11: Attack Ads Hit NCAA Football

As we near the always depressing end of the college football season, it's time for the blitzkrieg of anti-BCS propaganda to hit its crescendo. Columnists from across the country dust off the same columns they've filed for the past two decades, fulmination on Internet message boards crests, all the world rages against the...

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05/06/12 Clark: Stupid is as stupid does with some pet owners Source: The Kinston Free Press - Kinston NC Last week, East Carolina football player Montese Overton and his girlfriend Nicole Angelic Phillips were charged with misdemeanor counts of animal abandonment and cruelty.
05/04/12 ECU linebacker suspended after arrest Source: The Kinston Free Press - Kinston NC East Carolina linebacker Montese Overton has been suspended indefinitely by head coach Ruffin McNeill in the wake of Overton's arrest this week for animal cruelty.
05/01/12 McNeil visits Wilmington to rally Pirate Family' Source: Star-News - Wilmington NC
East Carolina University athletic director Terry Holland and head football coach Ruffin McNeill paused before walking up the ramp to the USS North Carolina Battleship.