East Carolina University or more than a century, East Carolina University has served the Fpeople of North Carolina and the nation. From modest begin- nings as a school for training teachers, ECU has grown to become an emerging national research university with an enrollment of nearly 27,000 students. East Carolina offers 104 bachelor’s degree programs, two edu- cational specialist degree programs, two certificates of advanced studies programs, 73 master’s degree programs, 18 doctoral degree programs, and first-professional degree programs in medicine and dentistry. With a mission of teaching, research, and service, East Carolina University is a dynamic institution connecting people and ideas, finding solutions to problems, and seeking the challenges of the future. Each year, more than 8,000 East Carolina students contribute in excess of 100,000 hours of volunteer service to more than 125 com- munity health and human service organizations. East Carolina leads the University of North Carolina system in dis- tance learning enrollment. Additionally, ECU’s distance education program is the 12th largest in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report. During the spring 2010 semester, ECU’s dis- tance education students took over 36,000 credit hours. Through its new Access Scholarships program, East Carolina offers financial assistance to a historically underserved but greatly deserv- ing group of students: those who have proven academic potential lina secretary of state Janice Faulkner; Kevin Williamson, creator of and demonstrated financial need. Scream, I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Dawson’s Creek; former U.S. senator Robert Morgan; current NFL All-Pro performers David Notable East Carolina alumni include Pulitzer Prize winners Rick Garrard, Chris Johnson and Vonta Leach; Broadway star Manley Atkinson and Dan Neil; Emmy Award-winning composer Velton Ray Pope; Ronnie Barnes, Senior Vice President/Medical Services for the Bunch; actors Sandra Bullock, Beth Grant, and Emily Procter; BB&T New York Giants; and James Maynard, founder of the Golden Corral chief operating officer Kelly King; Bob Greczyn, president and CEO restaurant chain. of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; former North Caro- East Carolina University. Tomorrow starts here. EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 10 2012-2013 BASKETBALL FACT BOOK Steve Ballard Chancellor (Arizona ’70) hancellor Steve Ballard, since his arrival Cin Greenville in May 2004, has focused on measures designed to enhance East Carolina University’s role as the University For North Carolina. On an array of topics, from student success to research productivity to athletics, he has emphasized excellence and leadership. While leading the fastest-growing university in North Carolina, Ballard has committed to providing every student with excellent training in the classroom, practical experiences in the community and region, and the opportunity to develop leadership skills. He has hired na- tionally known leaders in athletics, research, finance and diversity. He has overseen a re- cord-breaking building boom on campus and the addition of over 500 new faculty positions. New campus facilities under his administra- tion include the East Carolina Heart Institute, the Family Medicine Center, the new School of Dentistry, and nearly $60 million in new ath- letic facilities. His other strategic directions include provid- ing classroom leaders for the 21st century for public schools in North Carolina and the rest of the nation; artistic and cultural leadership; economic development; and medical innova- tion. Before joining East Carolina as the univer- sity’s tenth chief executive, Ballard served as provost at the University of Missouri at Kan- sas City. Previous academic appointments had taken him from Oklahoma to the East Coast. East Carolina University Administration Ballard spent his childhood in Galesburg, Illinois, then attended Steve Ballard Chancellor the University of Arizona, where he graduated with distinction in Marilyn Sheerer Provost 1970 with a bachelor’s degree in history. As shortstop and captain Phyllis Horns Vice-Chancellor for Health Sciences of the University of Arizona baseball team, he earned three varsity Ron Mitchelson Interim Vice-Chancellor for letters and played in the College World Series during his senior year. Research and Graduate Studies After earning his doctorate in political science from Ohio State Rick Niswander Vice-Chancellor for Administration and Finance University in 1976, he spent the next two years as a postdoctoral Mickey Dowdy Vice-Chancellor for University Advancement fellow at the University of Oklahoma. He spent thirteen years on Virginia Hardy Vice-Chancellor for Student Life the faculty at Oklahoma and, in 1987, he was named director of the Philip Rogers Executive Assistant to the Chancellor prestigious research center, the Science and Public Policy Program. University Attorney During the 1980’s, he served on the City Council and in 1986 was Donna Gooden-Payne elected Mayor Pro-Tempore of Norman, Oklahoma. Mary Schulken Executive Director of University Communications In 1989, he moved to the University of Maine as founding director Terry Holland Director of Athletics of the Margaret Chase Smith Center for Public Policy, a post he held until 1998. While at the University of Maine, he also served as direc- ECU Board Of Trustees tor of the University of Maine System/State Government Partner- Robert G. Brinkley Charlotte ship Program from 1990 to 1992 and as chair of the Department of Joel K. Butler Grimesland Public Administration from 1991 to 1994. W. Kendall Chalk Winston-Salem He was recruited to Ohio in 1998 as vice provost for research and Edwin L. Clark Greenville dean of the Graduate School at Bowling Green State University. Deborah Davis Richmond, Va. Three years later, he was named provost and vice-chancellor for aca- Steven W. Jones Raleigh demic affairs at the University of Missouri at Kansas City. Robert V. Lucas Selma His teaching and research have centered on leadership in the public Carol M. Mabe Oriental sector, research and development and the innovation process, public Bobby Owens Manteo policy, and the utilization of scientific and technical knowledge. He Danny R. Scott Swansea, Ill. has authored five books and more than one hundred professional Kieran Shanahan Raleigh articles and manuscripts on such topics as the innovation process, Mark Tipton Raleigh energy and natural resources, and managing growth and change. Justin Davis (SGA President) Greenville EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY 11 2012-2013 BASKETBALL FACT BOOK Terry Holland Director of Athletics The renewed (Davidson ’64) passion and spirit has resulted in glorious new era officially began at East Carolina University unmatched inter- A during the early autumn of 2004 with the naming of Terry Hol- nal and external land, a Clinton, N.C. native, to the athletic director’s position – a support as Pirate selection which has already impacted the Pirate Nation with an un- Club membership paralleled sense of energy, enthusiasm and optimism. has soared past From campuses in Davidson to Charlottesville and Greenville, and 17,000 and fund- in many basketball arenas across the nation and globe, Holland has raising scholarship created a legacy and earned a reputation as a well-respected leader in dollars climbed collegiate athletics for nearly four decades. In the aspect of athletics above $6.4 million administration, he has left enduring marks as director of programs at for the first time Davidson and Virginia, and currently has ECU on the right course to in department his- reach unprecedented heights in both intercollegiate competition and tory. In addition academic success. to the stadium ex- In just seven-plus years, Holland’s fingerprints are firmly secured pansion, impres- on the revitalization of a once-proud football tradition that now sive capital projects such as the renovation of the football practice boasts of recent back-to-back Conference USA titles and a run of five facility and the construction of an Olympic Sports Complex have all consecutive bowl appearances. The on-the-field success has enabled been accomplished under Holland’s guidance. Furthermore, work on East Carolina to enjoy unprecedented record-breaking numbers at a $15 million basketball practice facility is currently underway adja- the turnstiles as well – breaking stadium standards for total atten- cent to Minges Coliseum and is expected to be completed during the dance and average attendance in five consecutive seasons – allowing late summer or early fall of 2013. for a 7,000-seat expansion at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium that pushed Holland, who was introduced at a news conference in Greenville the facility’s capacity to 50,000 in time for the 2010 campaign Sept. 8, 2004 and officially began his duties Oct. 1, most recently assisted the president in a fund-raising and mar- keting role at Virginia since 2001. Holland first arrived in Virginia on April 1, 1974 as head men’s basketball coach, and over the next 16 seasons became the most successful coach in Cavalier history, with a record of 326-173. He helped lead the Cavaliers to a pair of Final Four appearances (1981 and 1984) and a National In- vitational Tournament title (1980) while earning two Atlantic Coast Conference Coach-of-the-Year awards. In 1990, he returned to his alma mater, David- son College, to become its athletic director, but five earsy later he was back in Charlottesville to take on the athletic director duties at Virginia. Holland earned a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Davidson in 1964 after earning three letters as a member of the Wildcats’ varsity basketball program. He began his coaching career at Davidson as an assistant coach in 1964 and was soon promoted to the top position five years later where he earned three Southern Conference Coach-of-the-Year selections. In all, Holland completed his basketball coaching career with a total of 418 wins in 21 seasons, an impressive average of 19.8 wins per year.