Head Coach Scottie Montgomery

East Carolina has its new receivers coach.

Keith Gaither, who has more than 20 years of experience coaching, has been hired as the team's wide receivers coach, head coach Scottie Montgomery has announced.

Gaither spent the last two seasons at Army before joining Temple's staff in January. Gaither also coached Ball State from 2011 to 2014.

An alumnus of Elon, Gaither was an assistant coach with the Phoenix from 2009-10, so he has ties to North Carolina.

"Keith's background of success at all levels not only speaks highly of his coaching ability, but also his aptitude to understand, implement and value various offensive philosophies," Montgomery said. "His recruiting ties, especially across North Carolina, run deep and will impact our program significantly."

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Gaither has also spent time as a defensive backs coach with Greensboro (N.C.) College, Tusculum (Tenn.) College and Winston-Salem State.

The hiring of Gaither comes on the heels of ECU missing out of the man it originally intended to hire for the position: former Purdue interim head coach Gerad Parker, who was charged with operating a motor vehicle intoxicated in February just before the hire was set to become official.

Former Pirate wide receivers coach Phil McGeoghan left for the Buffalo Bills in January.