ECSU fires AD, men's basketball coach

ELIZABETH CITY, North Carolina -- Two days after hiring a new football coach, Elizabeth City State University has fired both its athletic director and head men’s basketball coach.

ECSU released both Athletic Director Derrick Johnson and men’s basketball coach John Hill from their administrative duties on Wednesday, Chancellor Thomas Conway said in a press release.

“We are grateful to Derrick and John for their service to our student-athletes and this university,” Conway said in the release. “We are committed to the ECSU athletics program and want to ensure its success.”

Dr. Claudie Mackey, recently named professor emeritus at ECSU, has been named interim athletics director, Conway said. Mackey has served previously as both an assistant athletic director and head men’s basketball coach at ECSU.

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