| Coastal Carolina Chanticleers | |
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 2024 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team | |
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| Founded | 1963 |
| University | Coastal Carolina University |
| Head coach | Kevin Schnall (1st season) |
| Conference | Sun Belt East Division |
| Location | Conway, South Carolina |
| Home stadium | Springs Brooks Stadium (Capacity: 5,400) |
| Nickname | Chanticleers |
| Colors | Teal, bronze, and black[1] |
| NCAA Tournament champions | |
| 2016 | |
| College World Series appearances | |
| 2016 | |
| NCAA regional champions | |
| 2008, 2010, 2016 | |
| NCAA Tournament appearances | |
| 1991, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 | |
| Conference tournament champions | |
| Big South: 1986, 1991, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 Sun Belt: 2018, 2019 | |
| Regular season conference champions | |
| Big South: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016 Sun Belt: 2017, 2018, 2023 | |
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball program has been the university's most consistent program in terms of success. Former Head Coach Gary Gilmore (1,118–597–3 at CCU, 1,371–699–5 overall) led the Chanticleers to 19 NCAA Regional appearances and three Super Regional appearances since being hired in 1996. The program has hosted a regional after being a #1 seed on six occasions (2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2023). They have won 50+ games in 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2016. The program hosted a Super Regional in 2010 and won the 2016 College World Series.
Future Chicago White Sox major league pitcher Brad Goldberg played for the team in 2009-10, making 18 appearances (17 in relief) in those two seasons.[2]
In 2010 Coastal went 29-0 in Big South play, winning both the regular season Big South Championship and the Big South Tournament Championship plus the Regional, but lost in the Super Regionals 2-0 to the University of South Carolina.
In 2016, Coastal went 21-3 in Big South play, winning the regular season Conference Championship and the Conference Tournament. In the 2016 post-season, Coastal won the Raleigh Regional by beating the NC State Wolfpack 2-1. The Chanticleers went on to beat the LSU Tigers 2-0 in the Baton Rouge Super Regionals, and ultimately got to the 2016 CWS Final and defeated Arizona two games to one to win the National Championship. The title game finished mere hours before Coastal officially left the Big South Conference, the school's home since 1983 (1984 baseball season), for the Sun Belt Conference. The state's governor Nikki Haley proclaimed July 1, 2016, the day after the title game and also Coastal's first official day as a Sun Belt member, "Chanticleer Baseball National Championship Day" throughout South Carolina.
Historically, Coastal's primary baseball rivals have been Winthrop, Liberty, and Charleston.
| NCAA Regional Results |
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| 1991 Tallahassee, FL Regional
Lost to Florida State, 7–0 |
| 2001 Athens, GA Regional
Defeated Georgia Tech, 5–3 |
| 2002 Atlanta, GA Regional
Lost to Georgia Tech, 6-0 |
| 2003 Lincoln, NE Regional
Lost to Missouri State, 8–3 |
| 2004 Columbia, SC Regional
Lost to North Carolina, 6–5 |
| 2005 Tempe, AZ Regional
Defeated UNLV, 12-8 * Coastal Carolina receives first ever #1 seed |
| 2007 Myrtle Beach, SC RegionalatBB&T Coastal Field
Defeated Virginia Commonwealth, 7-1 CCU receives #1 seed and hosts regional for first time |
| 2008 Conway, SC Regional
Defeated Columbia University, 10-2 CCU receives #1 seed and hosts regional on-campus at Charles Watson Stadium for first time |
| 2009 Chapel Hill, NC Regional
Defeated Kansas, 11-3 |
| 2010 Myrtle Beach, SC Regional
Defeated Stony Brook, 6-0 CCU receives #1 seed and hosts regional at BB&T Coastal Field |
| 2011 Clemson, SC Regional
Defeated Connecticut, 13-1 |
| 2012 Columbia, SC Regional
Lost to Clemson, 10-3 |
| 2013 Blacksburg, VA Regional
Lost to Oklahoma, 7-3 |
| 2015 College Station, TX Regional
Lost to California, 9-3 |
| 2016 Raleigh, NC Regional
Defeated Saint Mary's, 5-2 |
| 2018 Conway, SC Regional
Defeated LIU Brooklyn, 16-1 |
| 2019 Atlanta, GA Regional
Lost to Auburn, 7-16 |
| 2022 Greenville, NC Regional
Lost to Virginia, 2-7 |
| 2023 Conway, SC Regional
Lost to Rider, 11-10 |
| 2024 Clemson, SC Regional
Defeated Vanderbilt, 13-3
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| NCAA Super Regional Results |
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| 2008 Cary, NC Super RegionalatUSA Baseball National Training Complex
Lost to North Carolina, 9-4 |
| 2010 Myrtle Beach, SC Super RegionalatBB&T Coastal Field
Lost to South Carolina, 4-3 CCU hosts Super Regional for first time |
| 2016 Baton Rouge, LA Super RegionalatAlex Box Stadium |
On June 19, 2016, the Chanticleers baseball program made their first ever appearance in the CWS defeating #1 ranked Florida Gators. The Chanticleers made it through the double elimination bracket with one loss. In the Best of 3 Series against Arizona, the Chanticleers lost game 1 but rallied back to win games 2 and 3. On June 30, 2016 the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers defeated Arizona 4-3 in game 3 to become the 2016 NCAA Men's Baseball Champions.
| NCAA College World Series Results |
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| 2016 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park, Omaha, NE
Defeated No. 1 Florida, 2–1 |
In 2017, Coastal Carolina has had 3 former players on active MLB rosters.
In all, the university has produced 11 players on active MLB rosters, beginning with Mickey Brantley in 1987.
On March 29, 2011 the Coastal Carolina baseball team scheduled an exhibition game against MLB's Texas Rangers at the Chanticleers home field for 2013, BB&T Coastal FieldinMyrtle Beach, SC. The Rangers won the game 6-2.[3]
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