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.

Key

General # Number of coaches [A 1] GC Games coached † Elected to the National College Baseball Hall of Fame

Overall OW Wins OL Losses OT Ties O% Winning percentage

Conference CW Wins CL Losses CT Ties C% Winning percentage

Postseason [A 2] PA Total Appearances PW Total Wins PL Total Losses WA College World Series appearances WW College World Series wins WL College World Series losses

Championships DC Division regular season CC Conference regular season CT Conference tournament

Coaches

List of head baseball coaches showing season(s) coached, overall records, conference records, postseason records, championships and selected awards

*Statistics correct as of the end of the 2024 NCAA Division I baseball season

#	Name	Term	GC	OW	OL	OT	O%	CW	CL	CT	C%	PA	PW	PL	WA	WW	WL	DCs	CCs	CTs	NCs	Awards [A 3]
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	64	53	11	—	.828	53	11	—	.867	1	7	0	1	2	0	—	1	1	—	Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2025) Perfect Game Coach of the Year (2025)

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Notes

1. A running total of the number of head coaches.
2. Postseason play involving the NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.
3. National, regional and conference coach of the year awards.

References

1. "Gary Gilmore - Baseball Coach". Coastal Carolina University Athletics.
2. "2024 Coastal Carolina Baseball Gameday Program" (PDF). Go CCU Sports. Retrieved June 9, 2024.
3. "Coastal Carolina Names Kevin Schnall Head Baseball Coach". Coastal Carolina University Athletics. June 10, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
4. Burgin, Chris (June 10, 2024). "The torch has been passed: Kevin Schnall is the new head baseball coach at #CCU". SportsTalkSC. Retrieved June 11, 2024.