As Mike Houston exits the ECU football program, Defensive Coordinator Blake Harrell slides up to be the team’s Interim Head Coach. Harrell will be coaching his first game as the head boss Saturday when the Pirates welcome Temple to town.

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - ECU campus was quiet this Sunday, preparing for a week of classes ahead, but some students walking around College Hill Drive had just found out about the firing of their football coach, Mike Houston. Some discovered the news only moments before.

Jacksonville Jaguars running backs coach Jerry Mack is another former college head coach who might be in play. Mack, 43, spent the previous three seasons at Tennessee, where he helped Josh Heupel lead that a program out of a messy stretch. Before that, Mack went 31-15 at FCS program North Carolina Central, including a 26-6 run in MEAC play.

ECU Director of Athletics Jon Gilbert announced Sunday that Head Coach Mike Houston was being fired. Houston finished his time at East Carolina with a 27-38 record and 15-28 in conference play. According to ECUPirates.

Defensive coordinator Blake Harrell has been named interim head coach for the remainder of the season. "After a comprehensive evaluation of our football program, I informed Mike Houston this morning that we are making a change in leadership,

East Carolina fired coach Mike Houston on Sunday morning, one day after the team lost for the fourth time in five games to drop to 3-4 on the season. The

Defensive coordinator Blake Harrell will be interim coach for the remainder of the season. Houston was 27-38 with ECU, the first time he has had a losing record as a college coach. He coached