East Carolina Fires Head Football Coach Scottie Montgomery

Earlier today East Carolina University fired head football coach Scottie Montgomery, after three seasons at the helm of the Pirates.  Head coach Montgomery replaced Ruffin McNeill, who was fired after six seasons (four bowl appearances) and having a highly productive football team. With the subsequent decline in the football program, East Carolina earlier this year bought out the athletic director and is now searching for a new athletic director.  In the figure below, you can see the production rank for the last two seasons under Skip Holtz (2008-2009); Ruffin McNeill (2010-2015); and Scottie Montgomery (2016-2018).

Scottie Montgomery [2016-2018]

2016
The Pirates finished the regular season at (3-9); and were bowl ineligible, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  East Carolina's best game was their victory against #27 ranked North Carolina State by a score of (33-30) and their worst loss was to #101 ranked SMU (31-55).  The Pirates finished the season as the #113 ranked team overall, with the #114 ranked offense and the #100 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2017
The Pirates finished the regular season at (3-9); and were bowl ineligible, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  East Carolina's best game was their victory against #102 ranked BYU by a score of (33-17) and their worst loss was to FCS James Madison (14-34).  The Pirates finished the season as the #123 ranked team overall, with the #93 ranked offense and the #128 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018
The Pirates finished the regular season at (3-8); and were bowl ineligible, while playing against an “average” strength of schedule (SOS).  East Carolina's best game was their victory against #90 ranked North Carolina by a score of (41-19) and their worst loss was to FCS North Carolina A&T (23-28).  The Pirates finished the season as the #108 ranked team overall, with the #107 ranked offense and the #90 ranked defense using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.

2018 NCAA FBS Head Coaching Changes
Mike Jinks at Bowling Green
DJ Durkin at Maryland
Bobby Petrino and Louisville
Mike MacIntyre and Colorado
Everett Withers and Texas State Brad Lambert and Charlotte 
Mark Whipple and Massachusetts
John Bonamego and Central Michigan
David Beaty and Kansas
Larry Fedora and North Carolina
Kliff Kingsbury and Texas Tech

Mike Sanford and Western Kentucky
Paul Johnson and Georgia Tech