The addition of Antonio King to the ECU coaching staff has as much to do with recruiting as it did with his coaching ability.
Hidden among the other hires made for the 2016 East Carolina Pirates coaching staff was the promotion of Antonio King from the high school ranks. The former head coach of Hillside High School in Durham, North Carolina was brought in on January 8 to become the new running backs coach for the Pirates.
King was a quarterback at two universities after a stellar high school career with HIllside. He began his college career at Howard before transferring to North Carolina Central to finish his career.