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Community Invited to Celebrate ECSU’s CIAA Championship-Winning Volleyball and Women’s Basketball Teams on March 2
ECSU March 1, 2023
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) will honor the 2022 CIAA Championship-winning volleyball team and 2023 CIAA Championship-winning women’s basketball team in a community celebration on Thursday, March 2, 2023, beginning at 6 p.m., in the Robert L. Vaughan Center on the...

ECSU to Host “Vikings Unleashed: Homecoming 2022” Oct. 9-16
ECSU October 5, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) will welcome back thousands of alumni and present a number of events for students, employees, friends of the university and the community during the weeklong “Vikings Unleashed: Homecoming 2022” from Sunday, Oct. 9, through Sunday,...


ECSU Appoints James M. DuBose as Athletic Director
ECSU July 15, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) has permanently appointed James M. DuBose, Jr. as the next athletic director, beginning July 15, 2022. DuBose has been serving as interim athletic director since April 11, 2022, and will continue his oversight of the...

Andre Gray Named Interim Coach for Men’s Basketball
ECSU May 20, 2022
Elizabeth City State University (ECSU) announces Andre Gray will serve as Interim Men’s Basketball Coach for the upcoming season.  Gray comes to ECSU from North Carolina Central University where he has served as the men’s basketball program Assistant Coach since...


ECSU Parts Ways with Head Football Coach Anthony Jones
Robert Kelly-Goss November 8, 2021
Elizabeth City State University has parted ways with head football coach Anthony Jones following a 3-7 overall record with a finished 1-5 in the CIAA northern division after his third season and fourth year at the helm of the Vikings...

ECSU Hosts Annual High School Football Media Day
Robert Kelly-Goss July 6, 2021
Eleven regional high school football teams will gather at the K.E. White Center on July 30 for the sixth annual NENC High School Football Media Day. As August and the highly anticipated 2021 high school football season approaches, Elizabeth City...


CIAA Cancels Basketball, CIAA Tournament and Volleyball Season
Robert Kelly-Goss December 15, 2020
Due to the growing concern over the spread of COVID-19, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) announced Monday that it has canceled the upcoming men’s and women’s basketball season, scheduled to begin Jan. 9, and the women’s volleyball season, which...

Sports Management Professionals Share Experience and Wisdom with ECSU Program Students
Robert Kelly-Goss September 29, 2020
In this screen shot from a virtual presentation, Marquis Watson, lower righthand corner, of the Philadelphia 76ers management team, speaks to Dr. Jason Hughes’s sports management class. Nearly 30 students attended the virtual lecture. When Elizabeth City State University students...


ECSU’s WRVS-FM 89.9 Live-Streamed Football Forum to Address COVID-19 Impacts on the 2020 High School Season
Robert Kelly-Goss July 27, 2020
Elizabeth City State University public radio station, WRVS-FM 89.9, will host the NENC High School Football Forum on Wednesday, July 29 at 1 p.m. This virtual presentation will be live-streamed through the WRVS 89.9 Facebook and Instagram pages and will...

Viking Fall 2020 Athletics and CIAA Season Suspended Due to COVID-19 Safety Concerns
Robert Kelly-Goss July 10, 2020
Elizabeth City State University 2020 fall athletics have been suspended in cooperation with a decision announced by the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) on Thursday, July 9, due to safety concerns surrounding COVID-19. ECSU Chancellor Karrie G. Dixon said safety...