The East Carolina Pirates track and field team is the track and field program that represents East Carolina University. The Pirates compete in NCAA Division I as a member of the American Athletic Conference. The team is based in Greenville, North Carolina at the Bate Foundation Track & Field Facility.
The program is coached by Virgil Givens. The track and field program officially encompasses four teams, as the NCAA regards men's and women's indoor track and field and outdoor track and field as separate sports.
In 2021, high jumper Ty Butts Townsend became the 3rd Pirates athlete to represent the United States at the Summer Olympics in athletics.
Julien Dunkley originally won the 60 metres at the 2003 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, winning in 6.54 seconds to become the Pirates' first individual national champion. However, he was later declared ineligible. The Pirates' most successful AIAW athlete was Minnie McPhatter, who finished 7th in the 800 m at the 1980 AIAW Outdoor Track and Field Championships.
, a total of 10 men and 3 women have achieved individual All-American status at the men's outdoor, women's outdoor, men's indoor, or women's indoor national championships.