| 2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football | |
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Hawaii Bowl champion | |
Hawaii Bowl, W 24–14 vs. San Jose State | |
| Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
| Division | East Division |
| Record | 8–5 (5–3 Sun Belt) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Travis Trickett (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Craig Naivar (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Brooks Stadium |
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison* x | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appalachian Statey | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coastal Carolina | 5 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Old Dominion | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia State | 3 | – | 5 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Southern | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Troy xy$ | 7 | – | 1 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas State | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Alabama | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana | 3 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Troy 49, Appalachian State 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers, led by first-year head coach Tim Beck, played their home games at Brooks StadiuminConway, South Carolina as members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference.
In the Sun Belt preseason coaches' poll, the Chanticleers were picked to finish in third place in the East division.[1]
| Media poll (East division) | ||
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
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| 1 | James Madison | 78 (4) |
| 2 | Appalachian State | 75 (4) |
| 3 | Coastal Carolina | 71 (1) |
| 4 | Marshall | 68 (1) |
| 5 | Georgia Southern | 52 (1) |
| 6 | Georgia State | 31 |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 17 |
Grayson McCall was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Quarterback Grayson McCall, Wide receivers Jared Brown and Sam Pinckney, and linebacker JT Killen were named to the preseason All-Sun Belt first team. Offensive lineman Will McDonald was named to the second team.[1]
With Chadwell leaving for Liberty, there were several changes to the team's coaching staff. On December 18, 2022, the Chanticleers hired SMU's Craig Naivar as the team's defensive coordinator. At SMU he was their safeties and special teams coach.[2] On January 6, 2023, Travis Trickett was named the team's offensive coordinator and Xavier Dye was named running backs coach. They both had the same roles at South Florida.[3] The same day, Beck made more announcements for his coaching staff. He named Derek Warehime the offensive line coach, Kriss Procter the tight ends coach, Perry Parks the receivers coach, Jimmy Brumbaugh as the defensive line coach, Curtis Fuller the cornerbacks coach, and Josh Miller the outside linebackers and special teams coach. Additionally Quinn Barham was named the director of football speed.[4]
The football schedule was announced February 24, 2023.[5]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 10:30 p.m. | atUCLA* |
| ESPN | L 13–27 | 43,705 |
| September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | Jacksonville State* |
| ESPN+ | W 30–16 | 16,006 |
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | Duquesne* |
| ESPN+ | W 66–7 | 18,116 |
| September 21 | 7:30 p.m. | Georgia State |
| ESPN | L 17–30 | 15,248 |
| September 30 | 7:00 p.m. | atGeorgia Southern |
| NFLN | L 28–38 | 26,483 |
| October 10 | 7:30 p.m. | atAppalachian State |
| ESPN2 | W 27–24 | 34,252 |
| October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | atArkansas State |
| ESPN+ | W 27–17 | 18,228 |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Marshall |
| NFLN | W 34–6 | 21,324 |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | atOld Dominion |
| ESPN+ | W 28–24 | 17,982 |
| November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | Texas State |
| ESPN+ | W 31–23 | 15,832 |
| November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | atArmy* |
| CBSSN | L 21–28 | 26,867 |
| November 25 | 3:30 p.m. | James Madison |
| ESPN2 | L 14–56 | 16,196 |
| December 23 | 10:30 p.m. | vs. San Jose State* |
| ESPN | W 24–14 | 7,089 |
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| CFP | Not released | — | — | — | — | Not released | ||||||||||
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