List of Coastal Carolina Chanticleers head baseball coaches
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers is an American college baseball team that represents Coastal Carolina University in the Sun Belt Conference. The Chanticleers compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I.
Coastal Carolina did not begin playing baseball until 1974, where they originally competed in the NAIA. They would remain in the NAIA until 1983, when they and seven other schools formed the Big South Conference. That league would petition for Div 1 status, gaining Div 1 status in 1985. Coastal would remain in the Big South Conference until the conclusion of the 2016 season, when they left for the Sun Belt Conference in order to play FBS Football.
There have been six head baseball coaches at Coastal Carolina.
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| # | Name | Term | GC | OW | OL | OT | O% | CW | CL | CT | C% | PA | PW | PL | WA | WW | WL | DCs | CCs | CTs | NCs | Awards[A 3] |
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| 1 | John Vrooman | 1974-1977, 1987-1995 | 642 | 366 | 276 | 0 | .570 | 118 | 55 | — | .682 | 1 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | NAIA Southeastern Region Coach (1977) Big South Conference Coach of the Year (1988, 1990) |
| 2 | Larry Carr | 1978-1984 | 338 | 253 | 84 | 1 | .749 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Russ Bergman | 1984 | 15 | 12 | 3 | — | .800 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Bobby Richardson | 1985-1986 | 99 | 61 | 38 | — | .616 | 22 | 14 | — | .611 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| 5 | Gary Gilmore | 1996-2024 | 1,710 | 1,114 | 593 | 3 | .651 | 460 | 202 | 2 | .693 | 22 | 37 | 38 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 1 | Big South Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007–2010, 2012) Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2018, 2023) NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year (2016)[1] |
| 6 | Kevin Schnall | 2025-present | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Notes
- ^ A running total of the number of head coaches.
- ^ Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
- ^ National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.
References
- ^ "Gary Gilmore - Baseball Coach". Coastal Carolina University Athletics.
- ^ "2024 Coastal Carolina Baseball Gameday Program" (PDF). Go CCU Sports. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Coastal Carolina Names Kevin Schnall Head Baseball Coach". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. 10 June 2024. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Burgin, Chris (10 June 2024). "The torch has been passed: Kevin Schnall is the new head baseball coach at #CCU". SportsTalkSC. Retrieved 11 June 2024.