Ruffin McNeill will be ECU’s next head coach

Ruffin McNeill is set to be named the head football coach at East Carolina, a source at ECU has told the Daily Reflector.

A 5 p.m. Board of Trustees meeting will confirm the hiring made by ECU athletic director Terry Holland.

McNeill, 51, replaces coach Skip Holtz, who left the ECU program last week to become the new head coach at South Florida.

McNeill, an ECU alum, most recently served as Texas Tech’s defensive coordinator.

He beat out Oklahoma offensive coordinator Kevin Wilson, who was Holland’s other finalist. Wilson interviewed with Holland in Greenville, N.C.
-JT

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tim crinshaw on Sep 25, 2011 @ 11:40 am

McNeil is sure showing he can't do the job.Let's hope he's gone soon
Byronman on Jan 23, 2010 @ 4:46 pm

I think race had a lot to do with McNeill not getting his shot at Texas Tech especiall since we saw those kids rally behind him when they beat Michigan State. I do understand the Tommy Tuberville hire however because it is a little more sexy and Tech has daydreams of taking over the Big XII south. McNeill will be a beast at ECU, His ties to Texas along with those ties to a very underrated talent base in the Mid Atlantic area will help him at ECU...I will root for them. I can understand why he got the job over Kevin because he is an alumn....and because of that only.
Matt Norman on Jan 22, 2010 @ 8:35 pm

Congratulations to Coach McNeill ! The good old boy racists at Texas Tech really blew it by not hiring him. I hope tech finishes last in the South next year and is humiliated by the big XII powers for years to come.
EDBO on Jan 22, 2010 @ 7:01 pm

As Wilson would say, "I have a great idea, let's run it up the middle. It hasn't worked all day but we'll surprise em'".
Ed McCollough on Jan 22, 2010 @ 6:06 pm
I am glad that K.

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