ECU Athletics Hall of Fame

Rick Kobe
- Induction:
- 2017
Kobe spent 35 years as the head coach of the Pirates' swimming and diving program and retired as the fourth winningest coach in NCAA history with 539 victories. ECU won 11 conference championships under his direction, for which he was recognized as league coach-of-the-year. The men's team posted a dual meet record of .500 or better 34 straight seasons and the women recorded 26 consecutive winning dual meet campaigns. His student-athletes set 363 varsity records and claimed 173 individual event conference titles.
12/09/25 Inside Pirate Athletics
Tuesday, December 09
East Carolina Bowl Press Conference (Jon Gilbert and Blake Harrell)
Monday, December 08
MBB ECU vs UMES Post
Wednesday, December 03
12/02/25 Inside Pirate Athletics
Tuesday, December 02



