East Carolina Pirates | |
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2024 East Carolina Pirates baseball team | |
Founded | 1907 |
University | East Carolina University |
Head coach | Cliff Godwin (10th season) |
Conference | The American |
Location | Greenville, North Carolina |
Home stadium | Clark–LeClair Stadium (Capacity: 5,000) |
Nickname | Pirates |
Colors | Purple and gold[1] |
NCAA regional champions | |
2001, 2004, 2009, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022 | |
NCAA Tournament appearances | |
1964, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
Conference tournament champions | |
ECAC: 1982, 1984 CAA: 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1999, 2000 C-USA: 2002 American: 2015, 2018, 2022 | |
Regular season conference champions | |
North State: 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1961[2] SoCon: 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1977 ECAC: 1984, 1985 CAA: 1986, 1990, 2001 C-USA: 2004, 2009 American: 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 |
The East Carolina Pirates baseball team is an intercollegiate baseball team representing East Carolina University in NCAA Division I college baseball and participates as a full member of the American Athletic Conference. The Pirates have made regular appearances in the NCAA tournament. As of 2024, they have the most NCAA tournament appearances without a College World Series appearance.[3]
The Pirates are coached by Cliff Godwin and play their home games at Clark-LeClair Stadium, named after donor and alumnus Bill Clark and former coach Keith LeClair. Every year, the Pirates host a baseball tournament in Greenville in honor of Coach LeClair called the Keith LeClair Classic.