2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

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
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 UConn 16 0   1.000 35 3   .921
UCF 13 3   .813 26 7   .788
Cincinnati 12 4   .750 24 11   .686
Houston 9 7   .563 15 16   .484
South Florida 7 9   .438 19 16   .543
Temple 7 9   .438 11 18   .379
East Carolina 6 10   .375 16 15   .516
Tulsa 6 10   .375 13 18   .419
Tulane 5 11   .313 15 16   .484
Wichita State 5 11   .313 12 18   .400
SMU 5 11   .313 11 19   .367
Memphis 5 11   .313 11 20   .355
2019 AAC tournament winner
As of March 17, 2019
Rankings from AP poll

The 2018–19 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented 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, played 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.

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.