Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
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| First season | 2003 | ||
| Head coach |
Joe Moglia 5th year, 50–15 (.769) |
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| Stadium | Brooks Stadium | ||
| Field | James C. Benton Field | ||
| Year built | 2003 | ||
| Seating capacity | 9,214 | ||
| Field surface | Teal Turf | ||
| Location | Conway, South Carolina | ||
| NCAA division | Division I FBS | ||
| Conference | Sun Belt (2017) | ||
| Past conferences | Big South | ||
| All-time record | 113–54 (.677) | ||
| Bowl record | 0–0 (–) | ||
| Playoff appearances | 6 (FCS), 0 (FBS) | ||
| Playoff record | 4–6 (FCS), 0-0 (FBS) | ||
| Conference titles | 7 (Big South), 0 (Sun Belt) | ||
| Colors | Teal, Bronze, and Black |
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| Mascot | Chauncey | ||
| Outfitter | Under Armour | ||
| Website | GoCCUsports | ||
The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represents Coastal Carolina University. It was announced in the late 1990s that CCU would establish a football squad in the coming years. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football program played its inaugural season in 2003 on campus at Brooks Stadium. The team's first coach was David Bennett, who held the position from the team's inception until December 9, 2011. The university named Joe Moglia, former CEO of TD Ameritrade, as its new head coach on December 20, 2011.
In the program's short history, the team has already defeated such traditional Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) powers as James Madison University (ranked #1 at the time), Furman University, Wofford College, and the University of Montana. The program has won seven Big South Conference championships and has already had several former players enter professional NFL careers.
In 2006, the Chanticleers made school history when the team received its first FCS playoff berth, also the first playoff berth for the Big South Conference, losing a first-round contest to the Appalachian State Mountaineers. The latter won the FCS national championship that season. In 2010 Coastal went to the playoffs for the second time after winning the Big South Championship (a three-way tie with Liberty and Stony Brook) and received the Big South's first ever automatic playoff bid. The Chanticleers returned to the playoffs in 2012 and 2013.
On November 9, 2014, Coastal was ranked as the #1 team in the nation, a first for the school and the Big South Conference. Coastal's primary football rivals have traditionally been Charleston Southern University and Liberty University.
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