The 2022 East Central Tigers football team represented East Central University (ECU) in the 2022 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Great American Conference (GAC).
[1] The team played its home games at Koi Ishto Stadium in Ada, Oklahoma.
Following the season, McCullough announced that he would be stepping down after accepting the head coaching job at UT Permian Basin.
[4] McCullough was 26 at the time, making him the youngest head coach in all of college football.
[5] The interim tag was removed mid-season, with McCullough being hired as the full-time head coach on October 27.