East Carolina has fired coach Mike Houston after five seasons. Athletic director Jon Gilbert made the announcement Sunday, a day after the Pirates lost to No. 23 Army 45-28.

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.

The Mike Houston era at East Carolina is now over. They were the first FBS school to fire their head coach during the season. This is an interesting opening and place. They had success years ago with Skip Holtz (more on him later) and with Ruffin McNeill,

College football's first coach firing happened on Sunday, but East Carolina's Mike Houston is leaving with something.

After hearing the decision to fire head coach Mike Houston on Sunday morning, Pirates at the soccer and volleyball games shared their thoughts and opinions on this decision. Some fans think it could make for a positive change.

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