Football

Kirk Doll
- Title:
- Football Special Teams Coordinator/Running Backs Coach
- Email:
- dollk17@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-4570
- Retained by Mike Houston to serve as a senior defensive analyst and provide leadership in a newly-created role of director of football alumni relations on April 1, 2019 ā¦
- Owns 40 years of coaching experience at college footballās highest level with eight programs (17 bowl games) and in the professional ranks with two organizations (two AFC playoff contests) ā¦
- In all, a total of 18 of his collegiate players have gone on to enjoy NFL careers ā¦
- Lengthy and accomplished coaching career was recognized by his hometown in the spring of 2015 by his induction into the Wichita (Kan.) Sports Hall of Fame & Museum ā¦
- An ECU letterman who played an integral role leading the Pirates to three bowl appearances in an overall five-year span as a coordinator and position coach (2012-15, 2018) ā¦
- As special teams coordinator in 2018, helped East Carolina to a No. 12 national rank in field goals made per game (1.58) while placekicker Jake Verity earned First-Team All-AAC honors after standing fourth at the FBS level in field goal percentage by converting 19-of-21 tries (90.5) ā¦
- Under Ruffin McNeill, directed the Piratesā special teams unit and coached the running backs from 2012 to 2015 ā a timeframe in which ECU advanced to the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl, captured the Beef āOā Bradyās Bowl and competed in a record-setting Birmingham Bowl ā¦
- Completed a special teams overhaul (that produced upper tier national statistical rankings despite working with a pair of first-year punters, a placekicker and deep snapper) and guided East Carolinaās first 2,000-yard rushing season since 2009 ā¦
- His punting unit averaged over 41.0 yards per boot in four consecutive seasons for the first time in school history, which included Worth Gregoryās No. 23 national rank with a 43.6 clip in 2014 ā¦
- Offensively, tutored back-to-back 1,000-rushing performances by Vintavious Cooper in 2012 and 2013, marking the first consecutive 1K seasons by a Pirate running back since 1993 and 1994 ā¦
- Spent the 2016 campaign as special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach at FIU ā¦
- Before returning to his alma mater, was San Jose Stateās special teams coordinator and running backs coach in 2011 ā¦
- Began coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wichita State in 1975 before following with full-time appointments as OL coach at Tulsa (1980-84), OLB coach at Arizona State (1985-87), LB coach at Texas A&M (1988-93) and Notre Dame (assistant head coach) from 1994 to 2001 ā¦
- Was assistant head coach,Ā directed linebackers and consulted on special teams at LSU in 2002 & 2003, the latter season resulting in a 13-1 record and BCS title under head coach Nick Saban and coordinators Jimbo Fisher and Will Muschamp ...
- Worked at the NFL level from 2004 to 2006 and helped DenverĀ to three-straight winning seasons and the 2005 AFC Championship Game; served as aĀ Broncos' defensive assistant, safeties and special teams coach in 2004 before mentoring linebackers in 2005 & 2006 ...Ā
- Returned to Texas A&M (2008-09) as tight ends coach/special teams coach and had a one-year stint as special teams coach for the Omaha Nighthawks of the United Football League in 2010 ā¦
- Lettered as a defensive end at ECU in 1971 and 1972, helping Sonny Randleās Pirates to a Southern Conference title as a senior ...
- Earned a bachelorās degree from East Carolina in 1973 before adding a second undergraduate degree from Wichita State in 1977 ā¦
- He and wife Kathy are the parents of three children - Kate, Kelsey and Kyle.