Price Named To Football Staff
July 30, 2010 | Football
July 30, 2010
GREENVILLE, N.C. - Texas Tech letterman and former staff assistant Duane Price has joined the East Carolina football program as defensive tackles coach according to an announcement from Pirate head coach Ruffin McNeill Friday.
Price helped the Red Raiders to four bowl appearances as a player and coach during a six-year span which began in 1994 when he arrived on the Texas Tech campus as a defensive back.
Before being retained by new TTU coach Tommy Tuberville and handling the secondary during spring drills, Price contributed to then-coordinator McNeill's efforts in 2009 while working with tackles as a defensive graduate assistant. In addition to his on-the-field coaching duties, Price was also responsible for breaking down game film and preparing the scout team for weekly drills that ultimately helped result in a Valero Alamo Bowl victory over Michigan State last January.
"We're certainly excited to welcome Duane to our Pirate family," McNeill said. "He was a big part of our success a year ago and I know what he can offer this program. He's a master technician and motivator with an unmatched work ethic - someone I know our players will respond to in a very positive manner."
He returned to his alma mater in March, 2009 after serving as a defensive and special teams staff assistant at Conference USA member Tulane during the 2008 campaign. Prior to his stint in New Orleans, Price spent six seasons as an assistant football coach at A&M Consolidated High School in College Station, Texas, where he helped lead the team to a pair of state quarterfinal campaigns in 2002 and 2005.
Price, 34, was a four-year letterwinner at Texas Tech in both football and baseball. On the gridiron, Price was a member of the secondary during trips to the Cotton, Copper and Alamo Bowls, and helped the Red Raiders to a Southwest Conference title in 1994. He starred as a centerfielder for Tech during the spring and was a 20th-round selection of the Cincinnati Reds in 1998 before spending two years in their minor league system.
A native of College Station, Price earned a bachelor's of science degree in exercise and sport science from Texas Tech in 1999 and followed with a master's degree in interdisciplinary studies in 2003.
He and his wife, Becca, have one son, Chilton (7).
McNeill also announced that running backs coach Clay McGuire will assume duties as the Pirates' special teams coordinator, an area of responsibility he took over at Texas Tech early in the 2007 season and entire 2008 campaign. In addition, former tackles coach Marc Yellock will shift over to the end position.
Both aforementioned roles were previously filled by Mark Nelson, who stepped down from his position at ECU Tuesday.
