| Damon Magazu |
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 | Position:
Graduate Assistant Coach/Defense
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| Alma Mater:
East Carolina, 2013
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Damon Magazu, one of the most highly-regarded secondary performers in East Carolina history, rejoined the Pirate football family in 2016 as a defensive graduate assistant coach.
After completing his ECU playing career in 2013 and working out with several NFL organizations, Magazu opted to formally get into the coaching profession after working as a business development manager for Wells Fargo in Charlotte since 2015.
His distinguished playing career, which began in 2010, included appearance in 50 games, 37 starts, 265 tackles and 11 interceptions – none perhaps any bigger than his rookie-year pick against NC State’s Russell Wilson in the Pirate endzone which preserved ECU’s 33-27 overtime win at Dowdy-Ficklen Stadium.
The oft-elected team captain was a two-time All-Conference USA selection who was earned the program’s defensive player-of-the-year award in 2013, was a Rock Roggeman Heart-of-the-Pirate Award honoree and recipient of the 2014 National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Bill Dooley Chapter Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award.
Magazu graduated from ECU in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration. While an undergraduate student, he was a multiple Dean’s List selection before completing his education with an overall grade point average of 3.3.
