2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

The 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team will represent East Carolina University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by first year head coach Chad Killinger and later first year head coach Nicole Mealing, play their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum and were fifth year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 6–10 AAC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to Connecticut.

2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record16–15 (6–10 The American)
Head coach
  • Chad Killinger (1st season)
    Nicole Mealing (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Eboni Fields
  • Celeste Stewart
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2018–19 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 2 UConn160 1.000353  .921
UCF133 .813267  .788
Cincinnati124 .7502411  .686
Houston97 .5631516  .484
South Florida79 .4381916  .543
Temple79 .4381118  .379
East Carolina610 .3751615  .516
Tulsa610 .3751318  .419
Tulane511 .3131516  .484
Wichita State511 .3131218  .400
SMU511 .3131119  .367
Memphis511 .3131120  .355
2019 AAC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

Assistant coach Killinger was initially named interim head coach of the Pirates for the season, but health concerns led to his resignation 11 games into the season on December 26, 2018, and Killinger's top assistant Mealing was named interim coach for the rest of the season.

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