Quotes from Mazey Press Conference
July 01, 2002 | Baseball
"Our team did a great job this year and our coaches did a great job this year. Kevin, Tommy, George, Eddie did a wonderful job and I want to publicly thank them for the outstanding job they did on a great baseball season. We would be remiss if we didn't thank them."
"I'm excited today to introduce an individual who will begin a new era in Pirate baseball; a program at East Carolina University that is probably the most successful program that we have here. We conducted a national search, we sought the input of many top people in college and professional baseball. We kept coming back to one person. A person who had been a part of the ECU family, a person who had made an impact on the program while he was here."
"Coach LeClair gives Randy credit for bringing the players to ECU who really started the success we are having now. Randy is uniquely qualified. He has a great reputation as a recruiter, he has been a head coach, he's proven that he can turn around a program that's struggling a little bit, he's been to Omaha twice - a characteristic that we were looking for in our next coach. Our goal is to get to Omaha, and I think he knows what it takes to do that."
Randy Mazey, ECU Head Baseball Coach:
"My goals are simple here: I want to take this program to the College World Series, I want to be standing there in the dugout with them. It can be done."
"One of my criteria in selecting this job was 'Can ECU go to the College World Series?' The criterion are in place I believe. The big one is the commitment from the administration. Mike (Hamrick) and the administration are obviously committed to making this happen. Most of all, the commitment and support from the community are in place. When I was with Tennessee and we played ECU in Kinston, the fan support was amazing."
"I've seen some of the top 10 stadiums in the country and based on our plans, I think ours is going to be one of the best out there. I feel it will greatly enhance our ability to pull in great players. I'm really excited for the completion of that stadium."
