East Carolina Pirates football The East Carolina Pirates is a college football team that represents East Carolina University ( variously " East Carolina " or " ECU " ) . The team is currently a member of the Conference USA , which is a Division I Bowl Subdivision ( formerly Division I - A ) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association ( NCAA ) . The Pirates have won seven conference championships and eight bowl games . The Pirates have 20 All - Americans over its history . Four players have their jerseys retired . The team was founded in Greenville , North Carolina , in 1932 . The team played home games at " College Stadium " on the main campus from the 1949 to the 1962 season . With the exception of the 1999 Miami football game , they have played their home games at Dowdy - Ficklen Stadium every year since 1963 . The stadium is located south of East Carolina ’ s main campus near the intersection of South Charles Boulevard and 14th Street . The coaches and administrative support is located in the " Ward Sports Medicine Building " , which is located adjacent to the stadium . Strength and conditioning for the players occurs in the " Murphy Center " , which is located in the west end zone of Dowdy - Ficklen . The Pirates scrimmages at adjoining practice facilities named the " Cliff Moore Practice Facility " . Team history . 1932 – 1977 . Beatty , Mathis and Farley era . East Carolina began organized football in the fall of 1932 . The first football coach in school history was Kenneth Beatty . They played under the nickname " Teachers " because the school was a teacher training school . The team played five games , with two in Greenville . They however did not score a point the whole season , while opponents scored a combined 187 points . The 1933 season started just as they left the 1932 season . The team lost the first four game not scoring a point . The first victory in school history came against Campbell on November 11 , 1933 . The final score was 6 - 0 . The 1933 team lost their final game against Appalachian St . 14 – 0 . Coach Beatty left after the season . G . L . " Doc " Mathis was appointed the head coach after Coach Beatty left . Before the season , the school decided to change their nickname . The Men ' s Athletic Association wanted a nickname to inspire " more spirit and enthusiasm . " The name was changed from the " Teachers " to the present " Pirates " . His first year , the team lost four games . But , they did win against Presbyterian Junior College and tied Old Dominion . The 1935 season included three wins , which was the largest total so far in history . Coach Mathis left after the season . Bo Farley was introduced as the third head coach . The 1936 season was the first winning season in school history . Coach Farley ' s team won against Old Dominion , Duke Junior Varsity and Louisburg . He only stayed for one season . Alexander , Hankner and Christenbury era . J . D . Alexander began coaching in the 1937 season . He previously was the head coach at Lincoln Memorial in Tennessee . The season started off bad , losing the first five games . But the team finished on a high note , beating both High Point and Louisburg to finish out the season . The one win in the 1938 season came against Western Carolina . The 1938 team also tied against Guilford . O . A . Hankner coached for only one season at East Carolina . His team managed only 18 points and lost every game . The team had numerous injuries that prevented the team from winning a game . After the disastrous 1939 season , John Christenbury was tapped as the new head coach . His 1940 team had the first winning season since the 1936 season . The team won the first four games , and lost to North Carolina St . Freshmen and High Point . The first and currently only undefeated season happened in the 1941 season . The team scored 159 points compared to allowing 20 . East Carolina did not field any athletics from 1942 – 1945 because of World War II . Johnson and Dole era . Coach Christenbury was killed in an explosion at Port Chicago , California on July 1 , 1944 . Replacing him at coach was Jim Johnson . Coach Johnson was a 16 letterman while at East Carolina . He was brought in to revitalize the athletic program that was on hiatus because of World War II . His football team went 5 – 3 – 1 in 1946 . The 1947 season brought East Carolina into the North State Conference , their first conference affiliation . In the first year of conference play , the team had three wins compared to six losses . The next year was even more disastrous ; as his team did not win once . Coach Johnson left after the 1948 season . Bill Dole became the Pirates eighth coach after Coach Johnson left . His teams went 4 – 5 – 1 in 1949 . That made the third consecutive losing year for East Carolina . The 1950 season turned out better . The team tied the amount of wins from the past three years with seven . Coach Dole ' s last year with the Pirates was in 1951 . It was another losing season 4 – 6 . Coach Dole left East Carolina and became the head coach at Davidson . Boone era . Jack Boone stepped in as the new head coach after Coach Dole left . During his first year , he guided the Pirates to their first bowl game ever . After a 6 – 3 – 2 regular season , the Pirates were invited to the Lion ' s Bowl . The team came up short to Clarion College , losing 13 – 6 . Coach Boone lead the school to another first in the 1953 season . The football team won the North State Conference championship . The team won eight while losing two en route to this championship . For the second time ever , East Carolina went to a bowl game . The team competed against Morris Harvey College , losing 12 – 0 . The 1954 season would be the last winning season for four years . Over the four year span the team won 12 , losing 23 and tying twice . Coach Boone stayed at East Carolina for four more years , finally leaving after the 1961 season . He , at the time , was the longest tenured coach . He helped usher the Pirates into a conference and post - season play . Stasavich era . The tenth head coach for the Pirates was Clarence Stasavich . He came to East Carolina after 16 years at Lenoir - Rhyne College . His team went 5 – 4 his first year . The Pirates went to their first bowl game in nine years in 1963 . The team went 9 – 1 and was invited to the Eastern Bowl . They beat Northeastern , 27 – 6 in their first ever bowl win . The next two years , the team again went 9 – 1 and was invited to the Tangerine Bowl . They won both games against Massachusetts , 14 – 13 , in 1964 and Maine , 31 – 0 in 1965 . Also in 1964 , Coach Stasavich was named the NAIA Coach of the Year . The 1965 season also marked entering their first conference , the Southern Conference , since the North State / Carolinas Conference . Despite going 4 – 5 – 1 , Coach Stasavich guided the Pirates to their first conference championship in 13 years . Even though East Carolina won eight games in 1967 , they were not invited to a bowl game . The last two seasons for Coach Stasavich were losing seasons . The teams went 4 – 6 and 2 – 7 . McGee and Randle era . Mike McGee coached at East Carolina for only the 1970 season . He compiled a 3 – 8 record . His team recorded wins over Furman , Marshall and Davidson . The victory over Marshall was sadly the final football game for the 75 Marshall players , coaches , and administrators that departed on Southern Airways Flight 932 for Huntington as their plane crashed , leaving no survivors . This tragedy is memorialized in the movie We Are Marshall , and a plaque memorializing the victims is located outside the visitors ' locker room at Dowdy - Ficklen Stadium . McGee left for the 1971 season to become head coach at his alma mater , Duke . The 1970 season would also mark the first game in the ECU - NC State series . He was enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1990 . Former NFL wide receiver Sonny Randle , an assistant coach in 1970 , was tapped to take over as head coach after McGee left . His first season only saw four victories . But one victory came over instate rival , North Carolina State . The 1972 season accumulated the most wins in a season for the Pirates , since the 1965 season . The team won the Southern Conference Championship , which was the first time since the 1966 season . The only two losses of the season came against North Carolina State and North Carolina . The 1973 season was much like the 1972 season . The team again won nine games , while only losing to North Carolina State and North Carolina . They also won the conference championship . After the 1973 season , Randle left to become the head coach at his alma mater , Virginia . Dye era . East Carolina brought in Alabama assistant , Pat Dye , as their new coach in 1974 . His first season , the Pirates won seven games , while losing four . The next year , Coach Dye won even more games . The team started the season with an opening losses to North Carolina State and Appalachian State . On October 24 , 1975 , longtime coach and administrator , Clarence Stasavich died . This was one day before the Pirates beat the UNC Tar Heels for the first time ever , 38 - 17 , with Coach Dye preemptively ending the game and taunting the Tar Heels by downing the ball just yards from goal line late in the game . Two games later , on November 8 , East Carolina and Dye faced former ECU coach Sonny Randle , who commented on leaving to the ACC program , that the difference between the Virginia program and the ECU program " was like comparing Apples and Oranges . " ECU pelted Virginia 61 - 10 as ECU fans , including then Chancellor Leo Warren Jenkins , threw tons of apples and oranges onto the field late in the fourth quarter and chanted " We Can Handle , Sonny Randle " . Coach Dye brought the team to the nine win plateau again in 1976 . His team also became Southern Conference Champions for the first time under his tenure . It would also be the last time the Pirates ever could become Southern Conference Champions . East Carolina left the conference after the 1976 season . The team again became independent . The team had a winning season in 1977 . The Pirates won its opener again NC State , 28 – 23 . The next game it went to Durham to play Duke . Former Pirates coach Mike McGee was still the coach . East Carolina beat the Blue Devils 17 – 16 . The team went on to win eight , while losing three for the season . 1978 – present . Dye , Emory and Baker era . East Carolina began the 1978 season under the new Division 1 - A moniker . Coach Dye guided the Pirates to a 8 – 3 record after the season . The team only lost to instate rivals North Carolina and North Carolina State , and Southern Mississippi . With the winning mark , ECU went to their first bowl game in 13 years . They beat Louisiana Tech in the Independence Bowl , 35 – 13 . The 1979 season would be the last for Coach Dye at East Carolina . He moved to coach with Wyoming for a season , before moving again to Auburn . The team again had a winning season , 7 – 3 – 1 , but was not invited to a bowl game . Former player , Ed Emory became the Pirates fourteenth head coach . His first two years were lackluster , going 4 – 7 and 5 – 6 . Coach Emory lead East Carolina to a Pirate first in the 1983 season . That team went 8 – 3 , losing only to Florida State , Florida and Miami . The Pirates lost by a combined 13 points in those three losses . The team was ranked number 20 in the final AP Poll , the first time East Carolina finished ranked in the polls . The next season the team won two games while losing nine . Coach Emory was fired after the season . Art Baker became the head coach . He previously was the head coach at Furman and The Citadel . Coach Baker never had a winning record . His best season was 1987 , when his team won five , while losing six . His teams went 12 – 32 over four years and he was fired after the 1988 season . Bill Lewis era . East Carolina tapped Bill Lewis as their new coach . He previously was the coach at Wyoming but was replaced by Pat Dye in 1980 . His first year , Coach Lewis won six games , including wins over Cincinnati and Virginia Tech . This was the first winning season for the Pirates since the 1983 season . The 1990 season was mediocre for the football team , going 5 – 6 . The best winning season for East Carolina occurred in the 1991 season . After losing the opening game to Illinois , 31 – 38 , the Pirates won every other game . Notable wins were South Carolina , Syracuse , Pittsburgh and Virginia Tech . For their accomplishment , the Peach Bowl invited them to play in their 1992 contest . The team played NC State and came from behind to win 37 – 34 . The Pirates finished the season ranked number # 9 in the AP and Coaches Poll . After the season , Coach Lewis won the 1991 Coach - of - the - Year Award . Coach Lewis left East Carolina to become the new head coach for Georgia Tech . Logan era . The Pirates chose their offensive coordinator Steve Logan as their seventeenth head coach . He led East Carolina for eleven seasons , from 1992 – 2002 . The 1992 and 1993 seasons were both losing efforts . In 1994 Coach Logan logged his first winning season as a head coach , with ECU winning seven games and losing four in the regular season . The team was rewarded by being invited to the Liberty Bowl to face Illinois . The Fighting Illini shut out the Pirates 30 – 0 . This was their first bowl game shutout since the Elks Bowl against Morris Harvey in 1954 . The Pirates took the momentum from the 1994 season and increased their win count to nine , while losing three in the 1995 season . The only losses were to Tennessee , Illinois and Cincinnati . For their victories , the Pirates were invited again to the Liberty Bowl in Memphis , Tennessee , where they played Stanford and won 19 – 13 . After the bowl game victory , East Carolina was ranked number 23 in the final Coaches Poll of the year . The 1996 season was another winning year , where they went 8 – 3 with wins over South Carolina , Miami and NC State . Because they were still Independent , with no bowl tie - ins , the Pirates were left out of post - season play . For the 1997 season , the University was invited to Conference USA . This would be the football team ' s first year of conference play since they left the Southern Conference in 1976 . The team struggled to shake mediocrity for their first two Conference USA seasons , going 5 – 6 and 6 – 5 , respectively . The next three years were more fruitful for the Pirates with quarterback David Garrard . The team enjoyed three straight bowls , losing two while winning one . After going 4 – 8 in 2002 , the administration fired Coach Logan for a substandard season . Thompson era . The next coach for the Pirates would be then defensive coordinator from the University of Florida John Thompson . Coach Thompson ' s tenure set the Pirates back several years , accumulating only three wins over two years . His teams beat only Army both years and Tulane his second year . Newly hired Athletic Director from the University of Virginia , Terry Holland , immediately fired Coach Thompson after the 2004 season . Holtz era . Holland brought in Skip Holtz to become the Pirates nineteenth head coach . During his first year , Coach Holtz helped turn the team around by winning five games , winning two more games than the entire Thompson era . His first win came during the season opener against Duke . During his second year , he won seven games , making East Carolina bowl - eligible for the first time since the 2001 season . The 2006 team had notable wins over Virginia , Southern Mississippi , Central Florida and North Carolina State . A loss to Rice in the last conference game of the year kept the Pirates out of the Conference USA Championship Game . For the teams winning season , the newly created Papajohns . com Bowl invited the team to play in their contest , where East Carolina lost to former CUSA rival South Florida , 24 – 7 . The 2007 team continued their winning ways . The team won eight regular season games ; earning the team their second bowl game in two years . For the postseason game they played the Boise State in the Hawai ' i Bowl , where they beat the Broncos 41 – 38 . This was the first bowl game win since the Galleryfurniture . com Bowl win against Texas Tech in 2000 . On August 30 , 2008 the Pirates pulled off a stunning upset against then 17th ranked Virginia Tech 27 – 22 on a late blocked punt returned for a touchdown by senior wide receiver T . J . Lee . The next week they pulled off an even more amazing upset of then 8th ranked West Virginia by the score of 24 – 3 , not allowing a touchdown for the entire game . This was the Pirates third straight victory against a top - 25 ranked opponent , counting Boise State from the year before . As a result East Carolina was awarded with the number 14 ranking in the Associated Press poll and 20th in the USA Today poll , the highest since January 1992 when the Pirates were ranked ninth . The Pirates finished the 2008 regular season at 9 - 5 , winning the Eastern Division of Conference USA and defeating Tulsa in the Championship game . This was the first Conference Championship for ECU since 1976 . ECU was then invited to the Auto Zone Liberty bowl to face the University of Kentucky , where the Pirates controlled the first half , but fell to UK 25 - 19 . The next season , East Carolina produced a second Conference USA title with a 38 - 32 win over Houston , and finished the season at 9 - 5 after an overtime loss to the University of Arkansas in the Liberty Bowl . On January 14 , 2010 , it was announced that Holtz was quitting his position at East Carolina for the University of South Florida , taking the place of the recently fired Jim Leavitt . McNeill era . On January 21 , 2010 , it was announced that former ECU Defensive Back and Texas Tech Defensive Coordinator Ruffin McNeill would become the 20th head coach of the Pirates . McNeill was a defensive back for the Pirates for four years , three of which he was a starter and two he served as team captain . In his first year with the Pirates , McNeill helped East Carolina to the 1976 Southern Conference Championship and a berth to the Independence Bowl two years later . McNeill graduated from East Carolina University in 1980 . Facilities . Dowdy - Ficklen Stadium . The Pirates play their home games at Bagwell Field at Dowdy – Ficklen Stadium in Greenville , North Carolina . Dr . Leo Jenkins , President of East Carolina , announced his plans to build a new stadium for the Pirates on October 7 , 1961 . It took a year for Dr . Jenkins to raise $ 283 , 387 , even though only $ 200 , 000 was requested . The James Skinner Ficklen Memorial Stadium was dedicated on Sept . 21 , 1963 . The original stadium included stands on the south side , a press box and a lighting system . Ficklen Stadium has gone through many enhancements over the years . The north side stands were built in 1968 , increasing its capacity to 20 , 000 . During 1977 – 1978 , seating was increased by 15 , 000 . In 1994 , the stadium was renamed Dowdy - Ficklen and roads were improved around the stadium . For the 1996 – 1998 seasons , the upper deck on the north side was built and improvements were made to the press box on the south side . A new scoreboard was introduced in 1999 and a , three ton sculpture of the Pirate was unveiled . To open the 2010 season , the east end zone was completed and bleachers added bringing capacity to 50 , 000 . A 88 ft x 28 ft HD scoreboard was added to the top of the section . James Ficklen , a Greenville tobacconist , established the Ficklen Foundation , which is a financial aid foundation . Ronald and Mary Ellen Dowdy , a real estate developer in Orlando , Florida , donated a million dollars to the school . For his donation , Ficklen Stadium changed names to the current Dowdy - Ficklen Stadium in 1994 . Al and Debbie Bagwell of Lake Gaston , Virginia , donated a large gift to the school and the field was named Bagwell Field in their honor in 1995 . Cliff Moore Practice Facility . The Cliff Moore Practice Facility is located between Dowdy - Ficklen Stadium and Clark - LeClair Stadium on Charles Boulevard . The facility consist of three fields , two natural and one FieldTurf . The natural fields are based on Dowdy - Ficklen field . The fields are Bermuda Tift grass with gravel and sand - based drainage . Both fields are parallel to one another and run north to south . The FieldTurf field is perpendicular to the natural grass fields . The field is . Murphy Center . The Murphy Center is located in the west endzone at Dowdy - Ficklen Stadium . It is a multi - purpose building . The building opened its doors to ECU student - athletes in June 2002 and officially dedicated on September 13 , 2002 . On the ground floor is the Walter and Marie Williams Strength and Conditioning Area where athletes train . Also on the ground floor is the Robert and Virginia Maynard Lobby . On the second story is the C . Felix and Margaret Blount Harvey Banquet Hall , the Dick and Susan Jones Academic Enhancement Center and the Bill and Emily Furr Lobby . Located between Harvey Hall and the Jones Academic Enhancement Center is the sport memorabilia area . The building is named for Pete and Lynn Murphy of Rose Hill , North Carolina . The Center was built for approximately $ 13 million . Ward Sports Medicine Building . The Ward Sports Medicine Building is located adjacent to the Murphy Center at East Carolina . It is a three story building that was built in 1989 . It is and cost $ 8 million to build . On the first floor are football locker rooms , athletic training room , equipment room , and a women ' s locker room which hosts the ECU softball , women ' s soccer , and women ' s tennis teams . Also on the first floor are meeting rooms for the football team . The eight rooms consist of one 107 - seat team meeting room , one 55 - seat unit room , and six 12 to 15 team positional rooms . On the second floor , football and basketball offices are located here . Also , the ECU Hall of Fame is housed . In addition , classrooms for students are situated here . On the third floor , the Pirate Club has their offices . Also , the Director of Athletics Terry Holland , has his office here . Other administrative and support officials have offices here . The building is named for two alumni , Robert Allen ( Bob ) and Margaret Ann Cude Ward . Rivalries . NC State . ECU has played N . C . State over 17 times since 1978 , making State East Carolina ' s second - most played opponent , along with West Virginia and Cincinnati . The schools are approximately away and are the largest ( N . C . State ) and third largest ( East Carolina ) universities in the state . The series started as a yearly occurrence , from 1970 – 1987 , but was halted after an off - field incidence in 1987 . The next time the two teams played was in the 1992 Peach Bowl , when the Pirates came from behind to win 37 – 34 . The Wolfpack ' s first trip to Greenville occurred in 1999 , when East Carolina beat State 23 – 6 . Beginning in the 2006 season , the Wolfpack and Pirates agreed to a five - year home - and - home series to revive the rivalry . State leads the overall series 16 – 11 , but East Carolina has won eight out of the last fourteen . North Carolina . East Carolina and North Carolina is the eleventh - most played series for ECU since 1978 . Because both are large state schools , East Carolina being the third largest and North Carolina being the second largest , many fans and alumni live close to one another . The series began in 1972 , but the two have only played four times since 1981 . Two of the last five times occurred in Greenville , where the teams split the games at one a piece . In 2005 , both teams agreed to a five - year four game home - and - home series . And with the current series ending in 2011 , both schools agreed to a 2 year extension for the 2012 & 2013 seasons . UNC will host ECU in Chapel Hill in 2012 and ECU will host the final year , in 2013 , in Greenville , NC . Overall , UNC officially leads the series 10 - 2 - 1 , 11 - 2 - 1 including the vacated 2009 game . Southern Miss . The Pirates have played the Golden Eagles 37 times since 1978 , making them the most played opponent since then . Southern Miss joined Conference USA a year before East Carolina joined . The two have been division rivals since 2005 . The two have played each other every year since 1978 , excluding the 1979 , 1981 and 1982 seasons . USM holds the win - loss record at 34 - 13 . Other notable series . West Virginia . The Pirates have played West Virginia 21 times since 1970 . From 2002 to 2009 , the Pirates and the Mountaineers met annually . The first time the two teams met was in Greenville in 1970 , where West Virginia won 28 - 14 and would continue to win the next few series until 1995 , when East Carolina recorded its first win over the Mountaineers in Greenville , 23 - 20 . East Carolina has never beaten West Virginia in Morgantown . The two teams agreed to extend the rivalry in 2013 , after a three year break . West Virginia leads the series 18 - 3 . Virginia Tech . East Carolina and the Hokies have played 16 times since 1956 . Virginia Tech won the first meeting in 1956 , 37 - 2 , but East Carolina ' s first win came the next time the teams met in 1987 , 32 - 23 . The two schools met annually from 1987 – 1994 . The Pirates and the Hokies met on the field in Blacksburg in the first football game after the Virginia Tech massacre , where the Hokies won 17 - 7 . In 2008 , the Pirates beat the Hokies in Charlotte with a blocked punt 27 - 22 . Virginia Tech leads the series 11 - 5 . Statistics and records . Post season . Conference championships . East Carolina has been in a total of three conferences : North State , Southern and Conference USA . The team were the champions in the North State Conference in 1953 . The Pirates won the Southern Conference three times outright , and shared the championship once . On December 5 , 2008 East Carolina Defeated Tulsa 27 - 24 to capture the 2008 Conference USA championship , their first conference title in 32 years . On December 5 , 2009 , they defeated Houston 38 - 32 to win their 2nd stratght C - USA title . Bowl games . The Pirates have participated in 18 bowl games . Of the 18 games , they have won eight and lost ten . The first five bowl games occurred before the split of Division I football . The team went to one bowl game twice , the Tangerine Bowl and have been to the Liberty Bowl four times . East Carolina ranks 71 in the number of Division 1 - A bowl games . The team ranks 70 in the number of Division 1 - A bowl wins . Players of note . All - Americans . Every year , several publications release lists of the their ideal " team " . The athletes on these lists are referred to as All - Americans . The NCAA recognizes five All - American lists . They are the Associated Press , American Football Coaches Association , Football Writers Association of America , The Sporting News , and the Walter Camp Football Foundation . Some of these also have levels such as a first team All - American , or second team , or third team . A consensus All - American is determined using a point system ; three points if the player was selected for the first team , two points for the second team , and one point for the third team . East Carolina has had 21 All - Americans ( three consensus ) in its history . NFL Draft . East Carolina has had 63 players picked in the draft . Their first ever selection was Roger Thrift , a blocker that was picked by the Cleveland Browns , in the 1951 NFL Draft . In the 2008 NFL Draft , Chris Johnson , was picked by the Tennessee Titans in round one . The team ' s selection in the most recent draft , the 2011 NFL Draft , was wide receiver Dwayne Harris that was selected by the Dallas Cowboys . Retired numbers . East Carolina have retired four jerseys for their football team . Two players died while on the team , Robert Farris and Norman Swindell , and the two other players , James Speight and Roger Thrift , set record while playing for the Pirates . Robert Farris wore jersey number 16 . Norman Swindell wore jersey number 18 . James Speight wore jersey number 29 . Roger Thrift wore jersey number 36 . Robert Farris . Robert Farris , number 16 , was a player from Falls Church , Virginia who participated in football from 19xx – 19xx . He was a kicker for the Pirates . Farris died in an automobile accident while driving back to Greenville to start the 1967 football season . Norman Swindell . Norman Swindell , number 18 , was a player from New Bern , North Carolina who participated in football from 1963 – 1965 . He was a blocking back and was voted the most valuable player on the 1965 team . Swindell drowned during Christmas break near his house after the 1965 season . James Speight . James Speight , number 29 , was a player from Greenville , North Carolina who participated in football from 1955 – 1959 . He was a running back and was voted the most valuable player on the 1957 and 1959 teams . Speight held the school record for most points in a game , 26 , and rushed over over his career . Roger Thrift . Roger Thrift , number 36 , was a player from New Bern , North Carolina who participated in football from 1949 – 1950 . He was a quarterback and earned all - conference , all - state , and honorable mention Little All - America for the 1949 and 1950 seasons Coaches of note . Head coaches . There have been 20 head coach es of the Pirates . Steve Logan is the all - time leader in games coached , years coached , and wins , while John Christenbury leads all coaches in winning percentage with 0 . 867 . O . A . Hankner is statistically the worst coach the Pirates have had in terms of winning percentage , with . 000 .