East Carolina University Skip Holtz



holtz @ ecu in 2007.


with firing imminent, holtz resigned. because formerly head coach, skip had several offers division i-a , division i-aa teams. after several interviews, elected take head coaching position @ east carolina university. east carolina announced skip holtz 19th head football coach on december 3, 2004. holtz assumed control of program won 3 games in past 25 contests. skip signed 23 athletes in first recruiting class, including first commit, rob kass. included in recruiting class future nfl player aundrae allison. skip s first victory @ ecu came in first game of 2005 season pirates defeated duke blue devils 24–21 @ dowdy–ficklen stadium. victory ecu s first non-conference division win since 2000, when pirates won galleryfurniture.com bowl against texas tech. during holtz s first season, pirates defeated conference foes rice, southern methodist university, marshall university, , university of alabama birmingham.


in 2006, holtz s second season head coach, ecu won 7 games, including victories on intrastate rival north carolina state university, conference usa east rival southern miss, , acc foe virginia. reward season, pirates earned first bowl game under holtz s tenure, playing bulls of university of south florida in papajohns.com bowl, losing 24–7. despite bowl loss, 2006 season ecu s first winning season since 2000, , papajohns.com bowl pirates first bowl game since 2001.


in 2007, holtz s team won 8 games, including wins on intrastate rival north carolina , going 3–2, verses conference usa east opponents. finishing second in east division, holtz team invited hawai bowl play #24 boise state university. east carolina won bowl game 41–38. first bowl victory since 2000 galleryfurniture.com bowl verses texas tech. first back-to-back winning season , bowl berth since 1999 , 2000 seasons.


the 2008 season opened 2 upsets on ranked opponents; 17th ranked virginia tech in week 1 , 8th ranked west virginia. first time conference usa team beat 3 ranked teams in row. skip finished season 9–5, included c-usa east division title , c-usa champions title. first time pirates played in c-usa championship game. first conference title since 1976. pirates played in liberty bowl, losing kentucky, 25–19. third liberty bowl appearance. last time pirates went 3 straight bowl games 1999, 2000 , 2001 seasons. in 2009 skip holtz led ecu pirates second cusa championship.








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