[whmatthews]

http://www.witntv.com/sports/headlines/3199401.html

Former Pirate quarterback Paul Troth has rejoined the East Carolina University football program as a member of the coaching staff after accepting an offensive assistant's position according to anannouncement from head coach Skip Holtz Tuesday.

Troth was a three-year letterwinner at ECU, beginning with his true
freshman campaign in 2001 under former head coach Steve Logan before transferring to NCAA Division I-AA member Liberty prior to the 2004 season.

After experiencing limited playing time as David Garrard's top
understudy during his rookie year, Troth took over the starting job in
2002 as a sophomore and turned in ECU's ninth-best single-season passing yard total in history after completing 177-of-359 passes for 2,315 yards and 15 scores in 12 games.

During the course of the year, he reached the 300-yard, three-TD
milestone on two occasions - throwing for 339 yards (25-of-46) against
USF on Oct. 19 before tallying 369 (22-of-33) yards at Houston on Nov. 9- which rank 14th and sixth, respectively, on East Carolina's all-time
single-game passing yard list. Troth ranked among the top 60
signal-callers in the nation by averaging 14.8 completions per game and
stood 76th in total offense with a 175.4 yards-per-game average.

After passing for 380 yards in just six games as a reserve in 2003 under first-year head coach John Thompson, Troth opted to close out his collegiate career at Liberty the following season where he threw for 694 yards as a part-time starter for the Flames.

A three-time all-state, all-county and all-conference selection at Vance
High School in Charlotte, Troth compiled 6,929 passing yards and 79
scoring strikes during his prep career, which at the time served as
Mecklenburg County records and ranked as the sixth-highest passing total in state history.

Troth, who earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism from
Liberty in 2005, is married to the former Teresa Dodd of Centreville,
Va.

He replaces Kevin Turco, who accepted a full-time defensive line
position at Newberry (S.C.) College in May.

[PAmedic]

nice find, WHM.

best wishes to Paul

[LUconn]

That makes his transfer seem odd.

[Sly Fox]

I was just thinking the same thing, LUconn. I wonder if Paul's [playing days are completely behind him or if he'll turn up in another Arena or Indoor league?

[Libertine]

Paul had little choice but to transfer. After being the starter under Logan in '02, Troth got bumped down the depth chart when Thompson came in. He finished '03 as the third QB.

[bigsmooth]

it is weird b/c he is an eastern NC boy that a lot of the fans liked when he played at ECU. but it's a new era down there with skip holtz, so i hope it works out for hm.

[givemethemic]

I still got Troth's cell from when he worked here at the station.. I will give him a buzz and see what's up