List of East Carolina University alumni

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This list of East Carolina University people includes graduates, non-graduate former students and current students of East Carolina University. East Carolina alumni are generally known as Pirates.

The first class of 123 students entered ECTTS in 1909^[1], and the first 16 graduates received their degrees in 1911^[2]. Since then, the institute has greatly expanded, with an enrollment of 17,728 undergraduates and 5,436 postgraduate students as of Spring 2007.^[3]

This is an incomplete list, which may never be able to satisfy certain standards for completeness.

Revisions and sourced additions are welcome.

Contents 1 Business 2 Athletics 2.1 Administration 2.2 American Football 2.3 American Soccer 2.4 Baseball 2.5 Basketball 2.6 Olympics 2.7 Other 3 Humanities 3.1 Arts and entertainment 3.2 Author 3.3 Emmy Award Winner 3.4 Politics and public service 3.5 Pulitzer Prize Winners 4 References

[edit] Business

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
John A. Allison IV	1995	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, BB&T	[4]
Charles Atwater	1969	President and CEO of Hydro Services and Supplies, Inc.	[5]
Marc Basnight	1996	N.C. State Senator, President Pro Tem, Restaurant Owner	[6]
Brian Beasley		Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.’s Vice President of Operations
Bruce Beasley		Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc.’s President and Chief Operating Officer	[7]
W. Kendall Chalk		Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer, BB&T	[8]
James Chestnutt	1963	President and CEO of National Spinning Company Inc.	[9]
J.B. Davis	1967	President and CEO of Klaussner Furniture Industries Inc.	[10]
Ron Dowdy	1966	Florida Real Estate, Donated to Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium	[11]
Bob Greczyn	1973	President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina	[12]
Mark Holmes		President and CEO, Select Bank & Trust	[13]
Mark Kemp	1983	Former Editor of Discover Magazine, Former Vice-President of Programming for MTV, Author	[14][15]
Kelly S. King	1971	Chief Operating Officer, BB&T	[16]
James Maynard	1965	Founder of Golden Corral Restaurant Chain	[17]
Linda McMahon	1969	Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc	[18]
Vince McMahon	1968	Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors of World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc
Pete Murphy	1969	Murphy Farms, Real Estate, Restauranteur	[19]
Dave Robertson		President, RPI Media Inc.	[20]
Dr. Ruth Shaw	1969, 1972	President and CEO of Duke Energy	[21]
Phillip Tetterton	1979	Chief Financial Officer, Solideal Industrial Tire & United Solideal	[22]
Jack Thompson	1977, 1978	President and CEO of FemPartners	[23]
Henry Williamson		Former Chief Operating Officer of BB&T	[24]
William Yarborough	1978,1985	President & CEO, US Postal Service Federal Credit Union	[25]

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Administration

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Hal Baird	1971	Current Athletic Director of Auburn University	[26]
Jeff Barber	1981	Current Athletic Director of Liberty University	[27]
Ronnie Barnes	1975	Head Athletic Trainer for the New York Giants	[28]
Billy Godwin	1995	Head Coach for East Carolina University Baseball team	[29]
Jamie Reed	1982	Head Athletic Trainer for the Texas Rangers	[30]
Kay Yow	1964	Head Women's basketball coach for North Carolina State University	[31]
Dave Odom	1969	Retired Head Men's basketball coach for University of South Carolina, Wake Forest University, and East Carolina University	[32]

[edit] American Football

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Alden Glenn Bass	1961	former San Diego Chargers wide receiver	[33]
Jeff Blake	1991	former Cincinnati Bengals quarterback	[34]
Reggie Branch	1984	former Washington Redskins running back	[35]
Ernest Byner	1984	former Washington Redskins running back	[36]
Rod Coleman	1999	current Atlanta Falcons defensive tackle	[37]
Terrance Copper	2004	current New Orleans Saints wide receiver	[38]
Marcus Crandell	1997	current Canadian Football League quarterback	[39]
Carlester Crumpler, Sr.	1974	former Buffalo Bills running back	[40]
Carlester Crumpler Jr.	1994	former Minnesota Vikings tight end	[41]
Aundrae Allison	2007	current Minnesota Vikings wide receiver	[42]
Damane Duckett	2004	current San Francisco 49ers defensive lineman	[43]
David Garrard	2002	current Jacksonville Jaguars Quarterback	[44]
John Jett	1993	former Detroit Lions punter	[45]
Robert Jones		former Dallas Cowboys linebacker, 1992 NFL Rookie of the Year	[46]
George Koonce	1992	former Green Bay Packers linebacker	[47]
Vonta Leach	2004	current Houston Texans fullback	[48]
Emmanuel McDaniel	2001	former Arizona Cardinals defensive back	[49]
Brian Rimpf	2004	current Baltimore Ravens offensive lineman	[50]
Tootie Robbins	1982	former Green Bay Packers offensive tackle	[51]
Vinson Smith	1988	former Oakland Raiders linebacker	[52]
Keith Stokes	2001	current Canadian Football League wide receiver	[53]
Carl Summerell	1974	former New York Giants quarterback	[54]
Guy Whimper	2006	current New York Giants defensive lineman	[55]
Dwayne Ledford	1998	current New Orleans Saints offensive lineman	[56]
Lamont Burns	1997	Former New York Jets and Oakland Raiders offensive lineman	[57]

[edit] American Soccer

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Clyde Simms	2003	current MLS DC United player	[58]

[edit] Baseball

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Butch Davis	1980	former Major League Baseball outfielder	[59]
Mike Hartley	1981	former Major League Baseball pitcher	[60]
Chad Tracy	2001	Current MLB, Arizona Diamondbacks player	[61]
Sam Narron	2002	Current MLB, Milwaukee Brewers player	[62]

[edit] Basketball

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Blue Edwards	1989	former NBA, Utah Jazz forward	[63]

[edit] Olympics

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Charles Futrell	1942	World Champion Olympic Distance Triathlon	[64]
LaShawn Merritt	2008	ranked 2nd in the world in 2007 for the 400m and 7th in the 200m.	[65]

[edit] Other

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Jeff Hammond	1970	former NASCAR crew chief, current Fox Sports NASCAR Commentator	[66]

[edit] Humanities

[edit] Arts and entertainment

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Sandra Bullock	1986	Professional Actress , Producer	[67]
Heather Freedman	2003	Professional Actress	[68]
Beth Grant	1971	Professional Actress	[69]
Antti Jokinen	1990	Music Video Director	[70]
Christian Keiber	1992	Actor/Writer/Producer/Musician	[71]
Loonis McGlohon	1942	Composer/Producer/Arranger, Peabody Award winner, Grammy Nomination	[72]
Maureen O'Boyle	n/a	News Anchor	[73]
Monica Palumbo	2003	Miss North Carolina 2001	[74]
Manley Pope	1990	Professional Actor	[75]
Emily Procter	1991	Professional Actress	[76]
Dana Reason	2002	Miss North Carolina 2003	[77]
Nina Repeta	1999	Professional Actress	[78]
Julie Berry	2002	Entertainer	[79]
Sonny Siaki	1998	Former NFL inside linebacker, Samoan professional wrestler	[80]
Kevin Williamson	1987	Writer/Producer/Director/Actor	[81]

[edit] Author

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Marshall Moore	1987	Author	[82]

[edit] Emmy Award Winner

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
John Beard	1980	Fox News anchor in Los Angeles, Emmy Award winner	[83]
Velton Ray Bunch	1971	Composer/Arranger, Emmy Award Winner	[84]

[edit] Politics and public service

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Ron Clark	1994	Author, Disney's 2005 Teacher of the Year	[85]
Brian W. Flynn	1970	Rear Admiral and Assistant Surgeon General	[86]
Robert Morgan	1947	U.S. Senator, North Carolina Attorney General	[87]

[edit] Pulitzer Prize Winners

Name	Class year	Notability	Reference
Rick Atkinson	1974	two-time Pulitzer Prize winner	[88]
Dan Neil	1982	2004 Pulitzer Prize winner	[89]

[edit] References

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