Hoist the Colours: An East Carolina Athletics Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

East Carolina's 2026 season came to an end on Sunday in the Chapel Hill Regional, as the Pirates were eliminated from the NCAA Tournament by host North Carolina.

It's ECU's seventh straight time reaching an NCAA Regional final. But also the fourth year of the Pirates coming up short of making a Super Regional.

East Carolina is heading back to Chapel Hill for the 2026 NCAA Regionals. The Pirates are the third seed and will be matched up with top-seeded North Carolina, second-seeded Tennessee, and fourth-seeded VCU.

The Bucs on the Pond podcast returned on Monday night to discuss the field, react to the potential matchups, and more.

East Carolina's baseball team had a tough week on the diamond, going 1-3 with a couple of gut-wrenching losses to Duke and UTSA, resulting in a series loss to the Roadrunners on Sunday.

The Bucs on the Pond podcast returns to discuss the latest on ECU baseball, and more.

Hoist The Colours host Stephen Igoe is joined by ECU defensive coordinator Blake Harrell and offensive coordinator Donnie Kirkpatrick in this week's edition of the podcast. Igoe looks back at the 2022 season and ahead to 2023 with a positional look at each side of the ball with the coordinators. East Carolina is set to begin spring practice the week of March 13, and the spring game will follow on April 8. The 2023 season begins at Michigan on Sept. 2 in The Big House.

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Host: Stephen Igoe

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Hoist The Colours host Stephen Igoe and guest co-hosts Jonathan Wagner and Scott Lorbacher return for the roundtable podcast as the trio take a look at key storylines and answer listener questions ahead of the 2023 ECU baseball season, which begins Feb. 17 inside Clark-LeClair Stadium.

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Host: Stephen Igoe

Guest Co-Host: Jonathan Wagner

Guest Co-Host: Scott Lorbacher

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Hoist The Colours host Stephen Igoe and guest co-host NoVaPirate (Sean) break down all the changes this offseason for ECU and how it could look different moving forward.

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Host: Stephen Igoe

Guest Co-Host: NoVa Pirate (Sean)

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Team Boneyard member Hank Hinton joins the Hoist The Colours podcast with host Stephen Igoe to discuss the growth of the NIL Collective and the momentum from the last month, and what it means for ECU student-athletes going forward. Igoe also breaks down the Pirate football team's latest signing day additions.

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Host: Stephen Igoe

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro and outro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag

An in-depth conversation with Carl Davis, the author of a new East Carolina football book, 'My View From 20 Rows Up: One Pirate Fan's Story of ECU Football.'

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Host: Stephen Igoe

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro and outro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag

Hoist The Colours was on-hand at ECU baseball media day on Monday as the 2023 season draws closer. Head coach Cliff Godwin, pitching coach Austin Knight, associate head coach Jeff Palumbo, and players Carter Spivey, Garrett Saylor, Alec Makarewicz, Jacob Jenkins-Cowart, Lane Hoover and Josh Moylan all spoke to the media at the event. Host Stephen Igoe includes all nine audio interviews for the audience as well as commentary from the day's event.

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Host: Stephen Igoe

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro and outro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag

East Carolina head coach Mike Houston joins the Hoist The Colours podcast for an in-depth interview on the state of college football, NIL, the Pirates' 2022 season, the roster going forward, and much more.

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Host: Stephen Igoe

This is a podcast centered around East Carolina athletics and recruiting, hosted by Hoist The Colours publisher Stephen Igoe, bringing you game reactions, in-depth analysis, and breaking recruiting news.

NOTE: Intro and outro music provided by Assassin's Creed Black Flag