Coastal Carolina vs. Southern Miss • November 12, 2022

Gameday Information 3 Brooks Stadium at TD Sports Complex 7

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2022 Schedule 11 Head Coach Jamey Chadwell 12 Coaching Staff 20 Support Staff 22 2022 Chanticleers 26 Preseason Honors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 Coastal Carolina Season Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37

Coastal Carolina Numerical Roster 38 Opponents Numerical Roster 40

The Chanticleer Regiment 45 2022-23 Chanticleer Spirit Teams/We’re the Chanticleers (Fight Song) 47 Chants in the Pros 48 Chanticleer All-Americans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Chanticleer National Honors 55

Chanticleer Conference Honors 61

All-Time Results 70 Sasser Hall of Fame 78 Sun Belt Conference 80

Coastal Carolina University 81 University President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Board of Trustees/Executive Officers 85

Chair of Athletics/Executive Adviser for the President Joe Moglia 89 Vice President of Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation Matt Hogue 95

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TICKETS AND SEATING INFORMATION

Tickets can be purchased a variety of ways for CCU football games at Brooks Stadium. All seats are assigned. For ADA-accessible tickets/seating information, please contact the Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office at 843-347-8499. ADA-accessible seating is available throughout the stadium.

Online: GoCCUsports.com

• Fans who purchase tickets online will have the option of mobile delivery, print-at-home, or will call.

Phone: 843-347-8499

• Fans can call the Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office to purchase tickets.

In Person: Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office

• Located in Arcadia Hall at 132 Chanticleer Drive W., Conway, S.C. 29526

• Regular business hours for the ticket office are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ET. (Consistent with University parking regulations.)

On Gameday: Box Office

• Box office opens four hours prior to kickoff at the north ticket booth of Brooks Stadium.

WILL CALL I Will call is available two hours prior to kickoff:

• Visiting Team Gate 6

• Home Team Gate 4

• General Gate 1

• Media/Working Staff Adjacent to Gate 1 (A picture ID is required to pick up will call tickets).

Current Coastal Carolina University students must swipe their CINO card for entry into the game. Students should enter Brooks Stadium through Gate 2

GATES I All stadium gates will open two (2) hours prior to kickoff. See Brooks Stadium map on page 4 for gate locations.

CLEAR BAG POLICY I In order to expedite entry and provide a safe and secure environment for all fans, student-athletes, staff, and officials, Coastal Carolina University enforces a clear bag policy at all athletic ticketed events. Exceptions will be made for medically necessary items after proper inspection at facility entrances. For more information, visit goCCUsports.com/clearbag.

FAN CODE OF CONDUCT

Chanticleer fans are encouraged to wear teal to games and enthusiastically support the Chanticleers in a sportsmanlike fashion. In the spirit of sportsmanship, Chanticleer fans shall:

• Conduct themselves in a manner that represents their university, the Sun Belt Conference, and the NCAA with dignity, honor, and respect

• Demonstrate the qualities of civility and sportsmanship at all times

• Not use vulgar, abusive, racist, sexist, demeaning, or intimidating language at any time

• Support the players, coaches, and umpires in a positive manner

• Treat the visiting team, coaches, and fans with courtesy and respect at all times

• Not engage in cheers that are vulgar, crass, or demeaning

• Refrain from throwing objects onto the field

• Not become inebriated or belligerent

• Refrain from entering the playing field at any time, including after the game

• Be a positive role model for those around them

INCLEMENT WEATHER

NO RE-ENTRY POLICY

I To ensure a safe and more secure environment for everyone at Brooks Stadium, re-entry will not be allowed once you have left the stadium. Keeping our fans, coaches, student-athletes, and officials safe and secure on gameday is the highest priority.

LOST AND FOUND I Lost and found is located at the event staffing kiosk underneath the east stands at Brooks Stadium.

FIRST AID I The first aid station is located under the west stands. First responders will be located throughout the east, west, and north stands of Brooks Stadium.

In the event of inclement weather in the proximity of Brooks Stadium, public address announcements will be made to update fans on the situation. Should a lightning strike occur within eight miles of the stadium, play will be suspended. Play will resume 30 minutes after the last lightning strike occurs within the eight-mile radius. During weather delays, fans are encouraged to exit the stadium and seek shelter. Once the ALL CLEAR is determined by the lightning detection system and lightning parameters are met, fans can return to the stadium, and the game will be resumed following a brief team warm-up.

Updates will be communicated via the following:

PROHIBITED ITEMS

I Stadium security has the right to inspect any item at any time for the purpose of spectator safety. Prohibited items must be returned to cars or disposed of before entry into the stadium. Prohibited items include:

• Alcoholic Beverages

• Backpacks

• Bags larger than 12” x 12” x 6” (solid and/or clear)

• Umbrellas

• Weapons of any kind

• Flags

• Water Bottles

• Thermos bottles

• Ice bags

• Coolers

• Outside food and/or drinks

(Coastal Carolina Athletics reserves the right to modify as needed).

• Strollers/infant seats/wagons

• Animals (excluding service animals)

• Couches

• Artificial noisemakers

• Video Cameras

• Selfie sticks

Radio/Chanticleer Sports Network: WRNN 99.5 Twitter: @GoCCUsports

Facebook: Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

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PARKING/DONOR PARKING

ADA-accessible parking accommodations (please refer to the ADA-accessible section).

Athletic Parking Options (Please Refer to the Map): Fans may purchase season parking in a variety of lots around campus (subject to availability) by visiting www.GoCCUsports.com or by calling the Chanticleer Athletic Foundation at 843-349-6670.

Single-game parking is available for the Select LOT (HWY 544) and HH LOT (main campus) ONLY based on availability by vis iting www.GoCCUsports.com. Parking MUST be purchased in advance as parking attendants WILL NOT accept payment at the lot entrance.

Lots QQ, P, O, J, M, R, UU, HH, and YY are restricted lots for ALL home CCU football game days coordinated by the Chanticleer Athletic Foundation (CAF).

Complimentary parking options are available Fans can park off of U.S. 501 (Lot GG) or in the HGTC parking lots. Shuttle stop access for LOT GG is located at Student Union Bus Station adja cent to the parking lot. ADA-accessible shuttles will make a loop approximately every 10 minutes to and from Gate 4.

NEW FOR 2022

Designated RideShare (Uber/Lyft) drop-off and pick-up will be located at the Chauncey Statue loop next to the main entrance to the TD Sports Entrance.

GENERAL PARKING LOTS

All lots on campus other than the designated donor-restricted or student parking lots are accessible for spectators on gameday based on availability beginning four (4) hours prior to kickoff. Please note that general park ing lots will be shared with faculty/staff and students during weekday games and are subject to availability. University parking regulations remain in effect until 5 p.m. ET.

ADA-ACCESSIBLE PARKING

All parking lots contain the required number of ADA-accessible parking spaces. Access to these spaces is on a first-come, first-serve basis for in dividuals with official state-issued ADA placards. Access to the spaces does not require any fees or additional donations to the CAF. Once spaces are filled, parking attendants will direct guests to alternative parking locations.

Guests may choose to utilize the drop-off service next to Brooks Stadium but will be required to exit the lot afterward and relocate the vehicle to the appropriate lot and space.

Auxiliary ADA parking is located in Lot S adjacent to the Wall College of Business and Brittain Hall on a first-come, first-serve basis for individuals with official state-issued ADA placards. Access to the spaces does not re quire any fees or additional donations to the CAF.

Complimentary shuttle service is provided from Lot S to Gate 4 of Brooks Stadium.

SHUTTLES

Fans utilizing the University provided shuttles will be transported directly to Brooks Stadium and will utilize a drop-off/pick-up location adjacent to Gate 4 and the South Ticket Booth. Shuttles will also pick up and drop off at the TD Sports Entrance.

Fans will be dropped off in a position to access any of the stadium gates to enter Brooks Stadium regardless of their seating location.

2022 FOOTBALL GAMEDAY SHUTTLE ROUTES

Each route will make continuous loops between each of the indicated shuttle stops.

TEAL ROUTE Shuttle Stops:

n Brooks Stadium

n Student Union

n HGTC

Service to the parking lots located on the East side of Main Campus and HGTC.

BRONZE ROUTE Shuttle Stops:

n Brooks Stadium

n YY Parking Lot (Select Parking)

n Serves the YY parking lot on Hwy 544 Service to the parking lot located south of Brooks Stadium off of HWY 544.

ADA ROUTE Shuttle Stops:

n Brooks Stadium

n Lot S (ADA specific parking lot) ALL shuttles are ADA accessible and can accommodate all passenger needs.

SOLICITATION AND DISTRIBUTION POLICY

Solicitation or distribution of materials by persons other than employees or students of the University on official University business is prohibited in Brooks Stadium and throughout campus. University employees and students must receive approval from the Office of University Marketing and Communication for all solicitation that takes place at Coastal Carolina University athletic events. Banners, flyers, pamphlets, or any other paraphernalia will be disposed of by gameday security, and solicitors will be escorted off the premises. The distribution of political information is a violation of the solicitation policy of Coastal Carolina University and is prohibited. The selling of any item by anyone other than University-authorized personnel on the campus of Coastal Carolina University is prohibited. Please contact the Office of University Marketing and Communication at 843-349-2244 if you have questions or concerns.

TRASH/RECYCLING

University recycling is managed by the TD Campus and Com munity Sustainability Initiative. Contact sustain@coastal.edu or 843-349-6954 for more information.

TOBACCO-FREE CAMPUS POLICY

Coastal Carolina University is a tobacco-free campus. Use of all tobacco products and all smoke related products are proHiBited in or on all University property. This policy does not restrict or prohibit the lawful possession of tobacco.

Brooks stadium

the Coastal Carolina university football stadium officially opened as Brooks Stadium on Sept. 6, 2003, for the inaugural home game of the Chanticleer football program. Scoring a touchdown with just seconds left on the clock, the Chanticleers defeated Newberry College 21-14.

With a gift from the late businessman Bob Brooks, the stadium was named in honor of Brooks’ children Coby Garrett and Boni Belle. The $2 million gift was among the largest gifts ever made to the University.

Brooks, who grew up on a farm in Loris, S.C., was the CEO and founder of Eastern Foods, Inc., creators of the Naturally Fresh line of products, and chairman of Hooters of America, Inc. He also created Hooters Air Charter Airline, the National Golf Association Hooters Tour, and the Hooters ProCup Series, a series of short-track races in small towns throughout the Southeast and Midwest. Brooks passed away in 2006.

Phase I of the stadium construction included 6,408 seats, while Phase II added almost 1,000 additional seats prior to the 2006 season. The third phase of Brooks Stadium was completed in 2010 when approximately 1,600 seats were added directly behind the north end zone. Affectionately referred to as the Chantourage section, the seating directly in front of the field house was designated as the student section in 2011.

Brooks Stadium has been ranked among the top stadiums in the nation in attendance based on capacity. In 2010, the Chanticleers

On Feb. 15, 2013, the women’s lacrosse team opened its inaugural season on its new home field inside Brooks Stadium. Women’s lacrosse was the 18th Division I sports program for the Chanticleers.

The facility underwent a major transformation in the spring of 2015 as Benton Field went from natural grass to artificial teal turf …or “The Surf Turf.” The first pieces of Powerblade SD turf were laid on April 2 and the project was completed later that month. The project had a budget of $1.2 million.

Brooks Stadium was designed and built with the capability to expand from its inception. That original design is coming to fruition as Coastal embarked on another two-phase expansion in the spring of 2017 that has brought the capacity to approximately 20,000.

The first phase boosted the seating capacity to 15,000 and included adding seats to both corners of the end zone nearest the field house, expanding the sections closest to the field on both sides toward the scoreboard, and expanding the upper deck on the east side to match the length of the lower deck.

Prior to the 2019 season, a second level and premium suites were completed on the west side to increase the capacity to 20,000. The cost of the two-phase project was $31.8 million.

hosted a first-round NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff game against Western Illinois. The game marked the first postseason game played in Brooks Stadium.

Brooks (left) joined by then CCU President Ron Ingle on opening night of Brooks Stadium in 2003.

the Coastal Carolina university department of athletics began a new partnership in August 2017 with local broadcast company Alpha Media-Myrtle Beach to make WRNN-AM/FM (“Hot Talk 99.5”) and stations 1450 AM/105.5 FM the flagship homes of the Chanticleer Sports Network.

The partnership features live game coverage of football, men’s and women’s basketball, and baseball airing primarily on WRNN-FM with supplemental coverage on WRNN-AM 1450 and its FM translator 105.5.

Coastal Carolina University’s Chanticleer Sports Network produces and distributes more than 100 broadcasts each athletic year as an in-house division of the Chanticleer Department of Athletics and is once again set to deliver the playby-play account of Chanticleer Athletics. Football coverage begins an hour before kickoff with the “Myrtle Beach Family Golf Countdown to Kickoff Pregame Show.”

The football crew includes veterans Joe Cashion delivering the play-by-play duties and Layne Harris providing color analysis. Both have been describing the action since the program’s inception in 2003.

Cashion returns for his 20th season overall and ninth calling the play-by-play. His first 11 seasons were reporting from the sidelines. Cashion boasts a long career in sports broadcasting and has been a major contributor to the Chanticleer baseball broadcasts for several years and was in the booth when the Coastal Carolina

baseball team won the 2016 NCAA College World Series. Cashion has also called play-by-play in his native Camden for several local sports, the state playoffs and championship games, as well as handling sideline duties for SCETV’s Weekend of Champions high school coverage.

Harris, a Grand Strand broadcast veteran, returns for his 20th season as the color analyst on the network. For more than two decades, Harris has called the action for numerous local teams and events, including Fox College GameDay on WFXB TV, Conway High School football, the prestigious Beach Ball Classic basketball tournament, and Chanticleer basketball. Harris has been active away from the microphone as well, where his production talents have been featured on many Grand Strand projects. He also served as a producer on the original Charlotte Hornets television network.

Joining the broadcast team for a seventh-straight season are Joe Catenacci and Chris Burgin. Catenacci hosts the pregame and halftime shows, and Chris Burgin is in his ninth year of reporting from the sidelines, filling in for Cashion for the 2010 and 2011 seasons and holding the spot for each of the last six years. Catennaci and Burgin have also called their fair share of Coastal basketball and baseball games the last six-plus years.

(L-R): JOE CASHION, LAYNE HARRIS, CHRIS BURGIN AND JOE CATENACCI

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JAMEY CHADWELL

FIFTH SEASON

Jamey Chadwell was named the third head coach in Coastal Carolina football history on January 18, 2019. Before taking over the reins at Coastal Carolina in 2019, he was a two-time FCS National Coach of the Year finalist and a three-time Big South Coach of the Year at Charleston Southern from 2013-16. He was also the head coach at Delta State in 2012 and North Greenville from 2009-10.

After leading Coastal to a historical season in 2020, in which the Chanticleers won the 2020 Sun Belt Conference Championship, made their first-ever FBS postseason bowl appearance, and was ranked in both the 2020 Associated Press Top 25 and the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Top 25 polls, Chadwell received several Coach of the Year honors. He was named the 2020 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, the 2020 Associated Press Coach of the Year, The

Home Depot College Football Coach of the Year, the 2020 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, the Sporting News’ 2020 Coach of the Year, the 2020 CBS Sports/247Sports Coach of the Year, and the Paul “Bear” Bryant Group of 5 2020 Conference Coach of the Year. He was also the winner of the 2020 George Munger College Coach of the Year Award and was chosen by fans as The Premier Coach of College Football by Premier Players, Inc.

Chadwell was named the 2020 Sun Belt Coach of the Year, the 2020 Werner Ladder AFCA FBS Region 2 Coach of the Year, and honored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) with the 2020 Grant Teaff Coach of the Year Award. He was also a finalist for both the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award and the Lombardi Honors 2020 Coach of the Year Award.

On the field, Chadwell has won 90 games in 12 years as a head coach at Charleston Southern (2013-16), Delta State (2012), North Greenville (2009-11), and Coastal Carolina (2017, 2019-present).

He began his collegiate coaching career at his alma mater East Tennessee State in 2000. From 2000-03, the former Anderson County (Tenn.) High School star worked with the quarterbacks, tight ends, and running backs while assisting with recruiting and offensive game planning.

Chadwell was a four-year letterman at ETSU (1996-99) and was a two-year team captain for the Buccaneers. He received his bachelor’s degree in economics and business education in May 2000 from ETSU and completed his MBA from Charleston Southern in May 2006.

Chadwell is married to the former Solmaz Zarrineh and the couple has one son, Jameson, and two daughters, Avery and Soraya.

2021 SEASON

Coming off the most-decorated season for the Chanticleers in the program’s young FBS history in 2020, Chadwell led the Chanticleers to an 11-2 overall record in 2021, closing the year out with a 47-41 win

over the 2021 MAC Champions in Northern Illinois at the 2021 Tailgreeter Cure Bowl.

The Chanticleers, whose lone two losses came by a combined five points and were against two teams that combined for 18 wins on the season, were one of just 28 teams in all of FBS to post double-digit wins in 2021.

With their back-to-back double-digit wins total in 2020 and 2021, CCU was one of just six teams in all of FBS to post back-toback double-digit win seasons in the last two years (2020 and 2021) and was one of just 10 teams in all of FBS to total 20-plus wins over the last two years (2020 and 2021) – Alabama (26-2), Louisiana (23-2), Cincinnati (22-2), Coastal Carolina (22-3), Notre Dame (21-4), BYU (21-4), Georgia (22-3), Oklahoma (20-4), Oklahoma State (20-5), and Clemson (20-5).

Chadwell and the Chanticleers were ranked in both the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches Poll and the AP Poll for each of the first 11 polls of the 2021 season (preseason included) and received votes in every poll after that. With their 11 weeks in the national polls in 2021, CCU made Sun Belt Conference history, as the Chanticleers were ranked a total of 22 consecutive weeks from Oct. 18, 2020, through Nov. 7, 2021.

The Chants had a total of three players pick up All-America recognition in 2021, as senior tight end Isaiah Likely was named a second-team All-American by the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), the Walter Camp Football Foundation (WCFF), the Pro Football Network (PFN), and the College Football All-SIS, while also picking up 2021 Phil Steele All-American honorable mention honors. Freshman defensive end Josaiah Stewart was named to the 2021 FWAA Freshman All-American team, The Athletic’s 2021 College Football Freshman All-American team, ESPN 2021 College Football True Freshman All-American team, 2021 247Sports True Freshman All-American team, and the 2021 Pro Football Network (PFN) All-American third team, while also picking up 2021 Phil Steele All-American honorable mention accolades and being named a semifinalist for the 2021 Shaun Alexander Freshman of the Year Award. Senior wideout Jaivon Heiligh was named a Phil Steele All-American honorable mention.

On top of that, quarterback Grayson McCall was named the 2021 Blanchard-Rogers Trophy (S.C. Heisman) award winner and was a repeat as the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, as a total of 16 Chanticleers picked up All-Sun Belt honors.

With his second-straight Conference Player of the Year honor, McCall became one of just four student-athletes in the history of the Sun Belt Conference to pick up multiple Player of the Year honors and do it in back-to-back years.

Joining McCall on the All-Sun Belt first team was Shermari Jones, Jaivon Heiligh, Isaiah Likely, Josaiah Stewart, D’Jordan Strong, C.J. Brewer, and Silas Kelly, while Willie Lampkin and Jeffrey Gunter earned a spot on the second team. Veteran offensive lineman Trey Carter and safety Alex Spillum were joined on the third team by Heiligh (return specialist) while picking up honorable mention All-Sun Belt honors were Teddy Gallagher, Kameron Brown, Enock Makonzo,

COACHING HONORS

n 2020 walter Camp Coach of the Year

n 2020 associated press Coach of the Year

n 2020 the Home depot College football Coach of the Year

n 2020 eddie robinson Coach of the Year

n 2020 george munger College Coach of the Year Award

n 2020 sporting news' Coach of the Year

n 2020 CBs sports/247sports Coach of the Year

n 2020 paul "Bear" Bryant group of 5 Conference Coach of the Year

n 2020 the premier Coach of College football by Premier Players, Inc.

n 2020 werner Ladder afCa fBs region 2 Coach of the Year

n 2020 grant teaff Coach of the Year Award (FCA)

n 2020 paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award Finalist

n 2020 Lombardi Honors Coach of the Year Award Finalist

n 2015 eddie robinson FCS National Coach of the Year Finalist

n 2013 eddie robinson FCS National Coach of the Year Finalist

n 2013 afCa region ii FCS Coach of the Year

n 2020 sun Belt Coach of the Year

n 2016 Big south Coach of the Year

n 2015 Big south Coach of the Year

n 2013 Big south Coach of the Year

YEAR SCHOOL

YEAR-BY-YEAR HEAD COACHING RECORD

OVERALL RECORD CONFERENCE FINISH POSTSEASON

2009 North Greenville 2-8 -

2010 North Greenville 9-3 -

2011 North Greenville 11-3

2012 Delta State 3-7 t-5th

DII Quarterfinals

2013 Charleston Southern 10-3 3rd -

2014 Charleston Southern 8-4* t-3rd -

2015 Charleston Southern 10-3* 1st* FCS Quarterfinals

2016 Charleston Southern 7-4 t-1st FCS First Round

2017 Coastal Carolina ^ 3-9 t-10th

2019 Coastal Carolina 5-7 5th (East)

2020 Coastal Carolina 11-1 1st (SBC/East) FBC Mortgage Cure Bowl

2021 Coastal Carolina 11-2 3rd (East) Tailgreeter Cure Bowl

TOTALS: 12 Seasons 90-54*

* CSU later vacated wins due to NCAA violations department wide (8 in 2014; 10 in 2015) ^ interim head coach

and Braydon Bennett. Under Chadwell’s guidance in 2021, the Chanticleers outscored all their opponents 532-281 on the season, including totaling 100-plus points in each quarter on the year.

Coastal was one of only two teams in ALL of FBS to rank in the top-10 in both thirddown conversion (1st) and fourth-down conversion percentage (4th) on the season and one of only two teams in ALL of FBS to rank in the top-30 in both rushing offense (6th) and passing offense (28th).

Coastal was one of only four teams in ALL of FBS to rank in the top-25 in both total offense (5th) and total defense (25th), one of only seven teams in ALL of FBS to rank in the top-30 in both most first downs on offense (25th) and fewest first downs allowed on defense (27th), and one of only eight teams in ALL of FBS to rank in the top-25 in both scoring offense (5th) and scoring defense (25th).

The Coastal offense finished the season ranked No. 1 nationally in team passing efficiency (192.01), as Grayson McCall led the nation and set a new NCAA FBS single-season record with a passing efficiency rating of 207.6 on the year.

The offense also finished the season ranked No. 1 nationally in average yards per rush on the season (5.84 ypr) and in

third-down conversion percentage (53.8 percent), was second nationally in yards per play on offense (7.74 ypp), and ranked fourth nationally in fourth-down conversion percentage (76.9 percent).

CCU also ranked fourth in all of FBS in completion percentage (70.5 percent), as McCall ranked No. 2 nationally in all of FBS in completion percentage (73.0 percent), and was fifth nationally in both passing yards per completion (15.23 ypc) and total offense (494.7 ypg). McCall ranked No. 1 nationally in yards per pass attempt (11.92 ypa) and No. 2 in passing yards per completion (16.32 ypc).

On the ground in the running attack, the Chants ended the season ranked No. 6 nationally in rushing offense (228.8 ypg) and in rushing touchdowns (36), as senior running back Shermari Jones ranked No. 8 nationally in rush yards per carry (6.54) and No. 24 nationally in rushing touchdowns (13).

The offense also finished the season ranked No. 5 nationally in scoring offense (40.9 ppg) and was one of only five FBS schools to average over 40 points per game on the season.

On special teams, the Chants ranked No. 1 nationally in punt return defense (0.00 punt return yards allowed) and in blocked punts

(4), as well as fourth nationally in total blocked kicks (5).

The defense ranked in the top 35 nationally in several categories, placing 16th in passing defense (190.3 ypg), 25th in scoring defense (21.6 ppg), 25th in total defense (339.5 ypg), and 32nd in red zone defense (77.5 percent).

In the classroom, super senior Silas Kelly earned second-team CoSIDA Academic AllAmerica honors for the second consecutive year, while five Chants in Kelly, Steven Bedosky, Trey Carter, Charles Ouverson, and Alex Spillum were all named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 first team.

2020 SEASON

After serving as the interim head coach for the 2017 season, Coastal’s first full season at the FBS level, and leading the Chants to a 5-7 record in his first season as the fulltime head coach in 2019, Chadwell guided Coastal Carolina to a historical year in 2020.

In his third year as the head coach at CCU, he led the Chants to the program’s first-ever Sun Belt Conference title, an 11-1 overall mark, including an 8-0 Sun Belt Conference record, and the program’s first-ever FBS postseason bowl game.

The 2020 season marked Coastal Carolina’s first-ever undefeated regular

season and the first time that the Chanticleers were ranked in either the Associated Press Top 25 Poll or the Amway Coaches Poll presented by USA Today Sports.

The Chanticleers posted two wins over FBS top 25 nationally-ranked opponents, the first two such victories in program history, four wins over top 50 opponents, and was ranked as high as No. 9 in the Associated Press Top 25 Poll and No. 11 in the Amway Coaches Poll, both Sun Belt Conference records. The Chanticleers were also ranked as high as No. 12 in the College Football Playoff rankings, also a Sun Belt record.

For his efforts, Chadwell received several Coach of the Year honors. He was named the 2020 Walter Camp Coach of the Year, the 2020 Associated Press Coach of the Year, The Home Depot College Football Coach of the Year, the 2020 Eddie Robinson Coach of the Year, the Sporting News’ 2020 Coach of the Year, the 2020 CBS Sports/247Sports Coach of the Year, and the Paul “Bear” Bryant Group of 5 2020 Conference Coach of the Year. He was also the winner of the 2020 George Munger College Coach of the Year Award and was chosen by fans as The Premier Coach of College Football by Premier Players, Inc.

Chadwell was also named the 2020 Sun Belt Coach of the Year, the 2020 Werner Ladder AFCA FBS Region 2 Coach of the Year, and honored by the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) with the 2020 Grant Teaff Coach of the Year Award. He was also a finalist for both the Paul “Bear” Bryant Coach of the Year Award and the Lombardi Honors 2020 Coach of the Year Award.

He saw five players in Tarron Jackson (Walter Camp Football Foundation (first team), Associated Press (first team), FWAA (first team), American Football Coaches Association (first team), ESPN (first team), Reese’s Senior Bowl (first team), Phil Steele Publication (first team), Sporting News’ (second team), CBS Sports/247Sports (second team), Senior CLASS second-team All-American)), C.J. Brewer (Associated Press (third team), Phil Steele Publication (honorable mention)), Grayson McCall (FWAA Freshman All-American, The Athletic’s 2020 College Football Freshman All-American), Willie Lampkin (FWAA Freshman AllAmerican, ESPN College Football’s True Freshman All-America Team, The Athletic’s 2020 College Football Freshman All-American, 247Sports True Freshman All-American), and Isaiah Likely (Pro Football Focus (PFF) (second team)) all pick up All-American honors in 2020.

With his first-team honors from the AP, AFCA, FWAA, and WCFF, Jackson was recognized as a consensus All-American. He was also named a finalist for the Lombardi Award, the Lott IMPACT Trophy, and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy, and was a Bednarik Award semifinalist, a William V. Campbell Trophy semifinalist, and earned a spot on the Ted Hendricks Award watch list.

Jackson would go on to be drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the seventh round (191st overall pick) of the 2021 NFL Draft, becoming just the seventh Chanticleer in program history to be selected in the NFL Draft.

McCall also picked up individual national honors, as the redshirt freshman was named the 2020 Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) Most Inspirational Freshman. He was also a Manning Award Finalist, a Maxwell Award semifinalist, a Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award semifinalist, and a Shaun Alexander-FWAA Freshman of the Year Award semifinalist, while linebacker Silas Kelly was recognized as a 2020 Mayo Clinic Comeback Player of the Year.

The team earned 16 selections to the 2020 All-Sun Belt team, including 10 firstteam selections. They also secured five of the conference’s six individual awards: Player and Freshman of the Year (McCall); Defensive Player of the Year (Jackson); Newcomer of the Year (D’Jordan Strong) and Coach of the Year (Chadwell).

THE

Overall, the offense in 2020 led the conference in scoring offense (37.2 points per game), third-down conversion percentage (52.3 percent), fourth-down conversion percentage (76.5 percent), time of possession (33:50), completion percentage (66.6 percent), fewest interceptions thrown (5), and team passing efficiency (177.72).

CCU was second in the league for the year in red-zone offense (88.3 percent) and second in both sacks allowed per game (1.17) and tackles-for-loss allowed per game (4.33) on the year. The Chants also ranked third in the conference in total offense (449.8 yards per game) and rushing offense (218.3 yards per game), both of which ranked in the top 25 nationally.

On the defensive side of the ball, the Chants led the Sun Belt in fumble recoveries (9) and was second in interceptions (16), which also ranked third nationally. CCU led the Sun Belt in turnovers forced (25) and in turnover margin (+13), which both ranked among the nation’s best at the end of the 2020 season.

The defense was also second in the Sun Belt in scoring defense (20.2 points per game), second in sacks per game (2.83), second in fourth-down conversion percent defense (44.4 percent), third in first downs defense (223), third in fewest passing yards allowed (204.2 yards per game), third in fewest rushing yards allowed (147.7 yards per game), third in tackles-for-loss per game (6.4), third in total defense (351.9 yards per game), and fourth in third-down conversion percentage defense (38.0 percent).

The team also ranked first in the conference and second nationally in fewest penalties per game (3.67), and was second in the Sun Belt on the season in both fewest penalties (44) and fewest penalty yards (428).

In the classroom, redshirt seniors Tarron Jackson and Silas Kelly earned secondteam CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, while five Chants in Jackson, Kelly, Bedosky, Ouverson, and Spillum were all named to the CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 first team.

2019 SEASON

In his first year as the full-time head coach for the Chants in 2019, the Chanticleers went 5-7 overall and highlighted the season with a 12-7 win on the road at Kansas, the program’s first-ever win over a Power 5 opponent on the gridiron.

For the second-straight season, the Chants missed bowl eligibility by just one win and finished 2-6 in the Sun Belt Conference. However, the Chants were competitive all season long, as seven of their 12 games on the season were decided by one score (eight points) or less.

Remaining the offensive play-caller in 2019, the Coastal Carolina offense recorded over 400 yards of total offense five times, including a season-high 636 yards in the road win at UMass. The Chants were 23-for29 (79.3 percent) on fourth-down attempts which was the second-best percentage both nationally and in the Sun Belt, while the 23 fourth-down conversions were tied for the third-most nationally behind only Army and Navy with 26.

The CCU offense also ranked first in the Sun Belt in time of possession (33:24), first in completion percentage (65.0 percent), fifth in third-down conversion percentage (40.7 percent), and fifth in sacks allowed (1.67 per game).

Both sophomore quarterbacks in Fred Payton and Bryce Carpenter surpassed the 1,000-career passing yards mark on the season, as both completed over 63 percent of their pass attempts and combined to throw for 2,379 yards and 21 touchdowns. Junior running back CJ Marable led the team in rushing with 1,085 yards on the season, which ranked fourth in the Sun Belt, and etched his name in the CCU record books as he became just the fourth Chant to rush for over 1,000 yards in a single season joining De’Angelo Henderson (2014, 2015, and 2016), Lorenzo Taliaferro (2013), and Patrick Hall (2004).

The defense improved in every area from 2018 to 2019, as the “Black Swarm” defense led the Sun Belt in fewest first downs allowed (241), was third in interceptions (11), fourth in scoring defense (30.5 points allowed per game), fourth in total defense (383.6 yards per game), fourth in rushing defense (160.1 yards per game), fifth in fewest passing yards allowed (223.5 yards per game), and sixth in red-zone defense (85.7 percent).

Junior defensive end Tarron Jackson led the Sun Belt and set a new Coastal singleseason record with 10.0 sacks on the season. He also led the team and ranked fifth in the Sun Belt with 13.0 tackles-forloss, of which 9.5 came in conference play. Redshirt senior cornerback Chandler Kryst at one point led the nation and finished seventh in all of NCAA FBS with five interceptions on the season.

As a team, the Chants were fourth in the conference in punt return defense (6.43 yards allowed per game), fourth in fewest penalty yards (586), fourth in fewest penalty yards per game (48.83), fifth in fewest penalties (67), and fifth in fewest penalties per game (5.58).

A total of 11 student-athletes earned Sun Belt Conference postseason honors, as Jackson was named to the All-Sun Belt first team, becoming only the second Chant to earn first-team all-conference honors since

Coastal Carolina joined the Sun Belt in 2017. Earning second-team honors was Kryst, while five Chants were named to the third team in tight end Isaiah Likely, offensive lineman Trey Carter, defensive tackle C.J. Brewer, nose tackle Sterling Johnson, and linebacker Teddy Gallagher. Receiving honorable mention recognition were Marable, wide receiver Jaivon Heiligh, tight end Shadell Bell, and offensive lineman Ethan Howard.

In the classroom, redshirt junior Jonathan Clayton earned second-team CoSIDA Academic All-America honors, while five other Chants in Kameron Burton, Carter, Gallagher, Michael McFarlane, and Alex Spillum joined Clayton on the CoSIDA Academic All-District 4 first team.

2018 SEASON

A 2018 Broyles Award nominee, an award given annually to college football’s top assistant coach, Chadwell was the associate head coach, offensive coordinator, and quarterbacks coach for the Chanticleers in 2018.

In 2018, the Chants’ offense led the Sun Belt and ranked in the top 25 nationally in rushing yards per game, red-zone offense, time of possession, first downs, and both third- and fourth-down conversion percentage for much of the season.

CCU finished the year ranked in the top 10 nationally in fourth-down conversion percentage (68.8), fewest penalties (52), fewest penalties per game (4.33), and fewest penalty yards (493).

2017 SEASON

Hired in the winter of 2017 as an assistant coach and offensive coordinator, Chadwell served as the interim head coach for the 2017 season due to head coach Joe Moglia taking a medical sabbatical.

Not only was 2017 Coastal’s first year in the NCAA Division I FBS, but the Chanticleers were forced to play four quarterbacks due to various injuries and for the second half of the season, Coastal’s offensive line was the youngest in the nation as it featured two true freshmen, two redshirt freshmen, and a sophomore.

Despite those facts, Coastal landed two offensive players on the All-Sun Belt team in running back Osharmar Abercrombie

(third team) and wide receiver Malcolm Williams (third team) while offensive lineman Trey Carter and receiver Chris Jones were tabbed honorable mention. Despite CCU ranking seventh in scoring offense (23.7 ppg), the Chanticleers were second in the Sun Belt in red-zone offense scoring 84.4 percent of the time.

Chadwell spent four seasons as the head coach at Charleston Southern where he finished fourth in the FCS National Coach of the Year voting in 2015 and eighth in 2013. He was named Big South Coach of the Year three times (2013, 2015, and 2016), led CSU to conference titles in 2015 and 2016, and guided the Buccaneers to the NCAA Division I FCS Championship Playoffs in each of his last two years.

Over the 2015 and 2016 seasons, CSU was ranked in the FCS national top 25 polls for 22 consecutive weeks in addition to having a seven-week run to end the 2013 season. The Bucs finished No. 6/7 nationally in the FCS in 2015, was ranked in the FCS top 10 for nine weeks in 2016, and finished ranked No. 14/15 in the FCS final polls.

In 2016, Chadwell earned Big South Coach of the Year honors for the secondstraight year and third time in four years, tying him for the most such accolades in conference history. CSU ranked No. 14/15 in the FCS final polls as the Bucs beat three ranked opponents along the way. In addition to Chadwell’s recognition as the league’s coach of the year, CSU had four players named All-America while 12 earned All-Big South honors. CSU was first in the Big South in yards per rush (6.0) with the Bucs also ranking among the nation’s best in rushing offense (266.5, 6th) and scoring offense (33.0, 20th).

CSU broke through on the national stage in a big way in 2015, compiling a 10-3 overall record and a 6-0 Big South mark en route to achieving a pair of firsts an outright conference championship and an automatic FCS Division I Championship bid. The Bucs finished the regular season as one of just three programs to go undefeated against fellow FCS competition. Chadwell was named a finalist for the second time for FCS National Coach of the Year, finishing fourth in the national voting, and tabbed the Big South Coach of the

Year for the second time after piloting a roster that included 13 all-conference selections. The Bucs finished the year ranked a program-best sixth in the STATS FCS poll and seventh in the FCS Coaches poll after reaching the quarterfinals of the FCS Playoffs.

CSU was 8-4 in 2014, led the country in time of possession, and ranked 16th nationally in rushing offense. The Bucs’ aggressive defense also excelled and paced the Big South in total defense, rushing defense, and pass defense.

Chadwell’s first year at Charleston Southern resulted in him being named the 2013 Big South Coach of the Year and the AFCA Region II Coach of the Year while finishing eighth in the voting for the Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year award. CSU set a school record for wins during a 10-3 season, climbed as high as No. 12 in the FCS Coaches Poll, spent the final seven weeks of the season in the coaches poll, and finished the year ranked for the first time in school history at No.

22/24. CSU led the nation in average time of possession and was among national leaders in turnover margin and rushing offense. CSU shattered several school records during Chadwell’s first year and nine Bucs received Big South postseason awards.

AT DELTA STATE (2012)

Chadwell spent one season as head coach at DSU, guiding the Statesmen to a 3-7 record and a 1-4 mark in Gulf South Conference action. In his one season, he mentored All-American kick returner Lavon Down who was named to the Daktronics AllAmerica second team and had seven players earn All-Gulf Conference honors.

He also had two players in Brant Botill and Reed Faulkner named to the Academic AllGSC Team.

He stepped down to accept the head coaching position at Charleston Southern University where he spent five seasons on Jay Mills’ staff (2004-08) and served as the recruiting coordinator, later adding offensive coordinator duties, before leaving for North

Greenville. He helped the Bucs’ program reach new heights, including winning the 2005 Big South Conference title.

AT NORTH GREENVILLE (2009-11)

After posting a 2-8 record in his first season as a head coach at North Greenville in 2009, Chadwell turned the program around in year two going 9-3. He then led NGU to the NCAA DII quarterfinals with an 11-3 record in year three and the program’s first-ever national ranking, finishing the 2011 season 12th in the American Football Coaches Association DII Poll.

In 2011, NGU defeated every team in the South Atlantic Conference in the first year of the four-year scheduling alliance of which NGU is a part.

Overall, Chadwell compiled a 22-14 record in three seasons with the Crusaders, but went 20-6 over the last two seasons and won the 2010 National Christian Collegiate Athletic Association’s Victory Bowl with a win over Campbellsville (KY).

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BRAYDON BENNETT, R-SO., RB

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team

n 2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Fourth Team

n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team

LANCE BOYKIN, R-SR., CB

n 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List

n 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

JERROD CLARK, R-SR., NT

n 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team

n 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List

n 2023 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

n 2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Fourth Team

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention

n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team

WILLIE LAMPKIN, JR., OL

n 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

n 2022 Rimington Trophy Preseason Watch List

n 2022 Rotary Lombardi Award Watch List

n 2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference First Team

n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team

n 2022 Pro Football Network (PFN) College Football Preseason All-American

n Honorable Mention

ANTWINE LOPER, S-SR., OL

n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention

GRAYSON MCCALL, R-JR., QB

n 2022 Preseason Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Year

n 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

n 2022 Manning Award Preseason Watch List

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n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

SAM PINCKNEY, R-SR., WR

n 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team

n 2022 Phil Steele Preseason SBC All-Conference Fourth Team

n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Fourth Team

KENNEDY ROBERTS, SR., DT

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JOSAIAH STEWART, SO., BANDIT

n 2022 Preseason Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Year

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D ’JORDAN STRONG, S-SR., CB

n 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt First Team

n 2022 East-West Shrine Bowl 1000 Preseason List

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n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Second Team

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REESE WHITE, SR., RB

n 2022 Athlon Sports Preseason All-Sun Belt Third Team

n 2022 Pro Football Focus (PFF) College Preseason All-Sun Belt Honorable Mention

2022 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

GRAYSON MCCALL

JOSAIAH STEWART

Date Opponent

Sept. 3, 2022

ARMY WEST POINT

Sept. 10, 2022 GARDNER-WEBB

Sept. 17, 2022

BUFFALO

Sept. 22, 2022 at Georgia State *

Oct. 1, 2022

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

Oct. 8, 2022 at ULM *

Oct. 15, 2022

2022 SEASON RESULTS

Score Overall Sun Belt Time Attendance

W 38-28 1-0 0-0 3:14 21,165

W 31-27 2-0 0-0 3:18 12,261

W 38-26 3-0 0-0 3:51 13,372

W 41-24 4-0 1-0 3:33 13,467

W 34-30 5-0 2-0 3:39 19,139

W 28-21 6-0 3-0 3:26 18,448

OLD DOMINION * L 21-49 6-1 3-1 3:24 16,814

Oct. 29, 2022 at Marshall * W 24-13 7-1 4-1 3:33 24,954

Nov. 3, 2022

APPALAHCIAN STATE *

Nov. 12, 2022 SOUTHERN MISS *

Nov. 19, 2022 at Virginia

26, 2022 at

COASTAL

2022 COASTAL INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

GP

SCORING

FIRST DOWNS ..................................................... 185 169 Rushing ............................................................. 75 62 Passing.............................................................. 90 97 Penalty............................................................... 20 10

RUSHING YARDAGE............................................ 1379 1116 Yards gained rushing ........................................ 1574 1378 Yards lost rushing ............................................. 195 262 Rushing Attempts.............................................. 319 282

Average Per Rush.............................................. 4.3 4.0

Average Per Game............................................. 172.4 139.5

TDs Rushing...................................................... 13 12

PASSING YARDAGE............................................. 2101 2187

Comp-Att-Int...................................................... 153-227-2 161-248-8 Average Per Pass .............................................. 9.3 8.8 Average Per Catch ............................................. 13.7 13.6 Average Per Game............................................. 262.6 273.4 TDs Passing ...................................................... 19 13

TOTAL OFFENSE .................................................. 3480 3303

Total Plays......................................................... 546 530 Average Per Play ............................................... 6.4 6.2 Average Per Game............................................. 435.0 412.9

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ..................................... 17-391 19-392

PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards.................................... 7-35 8-95 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ....................................... 8-51 2-131 KICK RETURN AVERAGE ..................................... 23.0 20.6 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE.................................... 5.0 11.9 INT RETURN AVERAGE ....................................... 6.4 65.5 FUMBLES-LOST................................................... 8-7 13-11

PENALTIES-Yards ................................................ 47-441 55-467 Average Per Game............................................. 55.1 58.4 PUNTS-Yards....................................................... 33-1211 26-1059 Average Per Punt............................................... 36.7 40.7 Net punt average

CJ Beasley 8 106 574 15 559 5.3 4 37 69.9

Reese White 5 52 340 6 334 6.4 1 67 66.8

Grayson McCall 8 70 262 104 158 2.3 4 21 19.8

Max Balthazar 6 23 127 0 127 5.5 1 22 21.2

Jared Brown 8 15 102 3 99 6.6 0 18 12.4

Bryce Carpenter 8 19 56 6 50 2.6 1 11 6.3

Nate Hope 3 10 43 0 43 4.3 1 11 14.3

Jarrett Guest 3 5 39 3 36 7.2 1 26 12.0

Elijah Hopkins 4 4 21 2 19 4.8 0 9 4.8

DeAndre Coleman 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 5.0

Tyson Mobley 8 2 5 4 1 0.5 0 5 0.1

Aaron Bedgood 1 1 0 1 -1 -1.0 0 0 -1.0

Kyre Duplessis 8 1 0 2 -2 -2.0 0 0 -0.3

Ty Lyles 2 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -2.0

TEAM 8 9 0 45 -45 -5.0 0 0 -5.6

COASTAL 8 319 1574 195 1379 4.3 13 67 172.4 Opponents 8 282 1378 262 1116 4.0 12 70 139.5

PASSING

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G

Grayson McCall 8 176.1 150-218-1 68.8 2061 19 75 257.6

Jarrett Guest 3 56.0 2-6-1 33.3 40 0 32 13.3

Bryce Carpenter 8 33.3 1-3-0 33.3 0 0 0 0.0 COASTAL 8 171.0 153-227-2 67.4 2101 19 75 262.6 Opponents 8 149.8 161-248-8 64.9 2187 13 73 273.4

RECEIVING

G No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G

Sam Pinckney 8 45 628 14.0 1 38 78.5

Jared Brown 8 34 622 18.3 5 75 77.8

Tyson Mobley 8 21 252 12.0 3 28 31.5

CJ Beasley 8 16 158 9.9 1 59 19.8

Xavier Gravette 5 12 105 8.8 1 27 21.0

Jacob Jenkins 7 9 133 14.8 4 37 19.0

Tyler Roberts 8 6 103 17.2 2 36 12.9

Reese White 5 6 31 5.2 2 14 6.2

Kyre Duplessis 8 2 28 14.0 0 20 3.5

Deon Fountain 4 1 32 32.0 0 32 8.0

Logan Mauldin 2 1 9 9.0 0 9 4.5

COASTAL 8 153 2101 13.7 19 75 262.6 Opponents 8 161 2187 13.6 13 73 273.4 FIELD

JT Killen 8 20 45 65 5.0-24 2.5-20 0

Tre’ Pinkney 7 16 23 39 1.5-3 0.0-0 2

Lance Boykin 7 24 14 38 1.0-7 1.0-7 2

Charles Arnold Jr. 8 16 17 33 0.5-1 0.0-0 1

Tobias Fletcher 8 18 14 32 0.5-2 0.0-0 0

Jerrod Clark 8 7 24 31 5.5-24 2.0-16 0

Shane Bruce 5 6 24 30 1.5-1 0.0-0 0

0 Deon Fountain R-Jr. WR 5-11 185

Valdosta, Ga. / Brooks County HS

0 Josaiah Stewart So. Bandit 6-2 230

Bronx, N.Y. / Everett HS (Mass.)

1 Braydon Bennett R-So. RB 6-2 200

Greenville, S.C. / Southside HS

1 Shane Bruce R-So. LB 6-0 235

Carrollton, Ga. / Central HS

2 D’Jordan Strong S-Sr. CB 5-11 190

Batesville, Miss. / South Panola HS (Northeast Mississippi C.C.)

2 Reese White Sr. RB 5-10 195

Sandy Springs, Ga. / Riverwood International

3 Aaron Bedgood R-Jr. RB 5-8 180 Richmond Hill, Ga. / Richmond Hill HS

3 Ja’Quon Griffin R-Sr. DT 6-0 255 Rome, Ga. / Rome HS (Georgia Tech)

4 CJ Beasley R-So. RB 5-10 205 Norfolk, Va. / Maury HS

4 Tobias Fletcher So. S 5-10 175

Atlanta, Ga. / Carver HS

5 Travis Geiger Jr. R-Sr. NT 6-4 300

Columbus, Ohio / Marion-Franklin HS (Highland C.C. [Kan.] / Tiffin)

5 Tyler Roberts R-Sr. WR 6-4 200

Buford, Ga. / Jefferson HS (North Carolina Wesleyan)

6 Luke Ellenberger R-Jr. Spur 6-1 195

Pisgah Forest, N.C. / Brevard HS

6 Chris Rhone R-Fr. WR 6-4 200

Columbia, S.C. / Gray Collegiate Academy

7 Lance Boykin R-Sr. CB 6-3 200

High Point, N.C. / High Point Christian Academy (Old Dominion)

7 Jarrett Guest R-Jr. QB 6-3 190

Marietta, Ga. / Kennesaw Mountain HS

8 Tyson Mobley Jr. WR 6-0 170

Longwood, Fla. / Master’s Academy

9 Bryce Archie Fr. QB 6-3 205

Powder Springs, Ga. / McEachern HS

9 Manny Stokes Jr. Jr. CB 5-10 165

Orlando, Fla. / Lake Nona HS

10 Tavyn Jackson S-Sr. S 5-11 190

Tallahassee, Fla. / Rickards HS (Coffeyville C.C.)

10 Grayson McCall R-Jr. QB 6-3 215

Indian Trail, N.C. / Porter Ridge HS

11 De’Andre Coleman Fr. WR 6-2 205

Hueytown, Ala. / Hueytown HS

11 Amadou Fofana 6th DE 6-4 255

Memphis, Tenn. / Mitchell HS (Oklahoma State)

12 Bryce Carpenter S-Sr. QB/ATH 6-1 200

Sarasota, Fla. / Venice HS

12 Dre Pinckney R-Fr. S 6-0 200

Boiling Springs, S.C. / Boiling Springs HS

13 Max Balthazar R-Fr. RB 5-11 200

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / TRU Prep Academy / University School

13 Joshua Madison R-So. S 5-11 190

Newbury, Calif. / Newbury Park HS (College of the Canyons)

14 Jared Brown R-Fr. WR 6-0 185

Lilburn, Ga. / Parkview HS

14 Kiylan Miller R-Fr. Spur 6-3 190

Forest City, N.C. / Chase HS

15 Jerrod Clark R-Sr. NT 6-4 340

Dorchester, Mass. / Brighton HS

15 Sam Pinckney R-Sr. WR 6-4 215

Greenwood, S.C. / Greenwood HS (Georgia State)

16 Ty Lyles R-Fr. RB 6-2 195

Kernersville, N.C. / East Forsyth HS

16 Matthew McDoom Fr. CB 5-11 170 Winter Garden, Fla. / West Orange HS

17 Kaleb Hutchinson Fr. S 6-0 180 Augusta, Ga. / Westside HS

17 Dontrell Jackson Jr. Fr. QB 5-11 185 Harvey, Ill. / Marist HS

18 Jahmar Brown R-Jr. Spur 6-1 210 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas HS (South Carolina)

19 Nate Hope II R-Jr. RB 5-10 210 Marietta, Ga. / Johns Creek HS (Lehigh)

19 Elijah Hopkins Fr. CB 5-10 170 Ocala, Fla. / Vanguard HS

20 Chase Atkinson R-So. S 6-0 190 Columbia, S.C. / Blythewood HS (Syracuse)

20 Logan Mauldin R-So. TE 6-3 225 Charlotte, N.C. / Myers Park HS

21 JT Killen R-Jr. LB 6-3 225 Lake Wylie, S.C. / Charlotte Christian School

22 Josiah Robinson Fr. Spur 5-11 205 Apopka, Fla. / Apopka HS

23 Jacob Proche Sr. CB 5-10 190 Red Oak, Texas / Red Oak HS (Coffeyville C.C.)

25 Jamar Darboe R-Sr. LB 6-1 225 Kinston, N.C. / Christchurch School [Va.]

25 Kade Hensley R-Fr. PK/P 5-10 185 Johnson City, Tenn. / Science Hill HS

26 Jairan Parker R-Sr. Spur 6-0 210 Houston, Texas / St. Thomas High School (Abilene Christian / Missouri)

27 Aaron Diggs R-So. LB 5-11 205 Auburn, Ala. / Auburn HS

28 Jerrod Cameron Jr. Fr. CB 5-8 160 Miami, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas HS

28 Evan Crenshaw Fr. P 6-4 180 Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. / Nease HS

29 isaiah Jones fr. rB 5-10 175 Lancaster, Pa. / Manheim Township HS

29 Zxaequan Reeves R-Fr. CB 6-1 200 Titusville, Fla. / Cocoa HS (Missouri)

30 tanner Branson r-so. wr 6-0 190 Eugene, Ore. / Churchill HS (Golden West College / TAU Kingsville)

31 Liam Gray R-Fr. PK 6-0 215 Westminster, Colo. / Holy Family HS

31 Ze’marion Harrell R-Fr. LB 6-2 225 Virginia Beach, Va. / Salem HS

32 Charles Steele R-So. Bandit 6-0 220 Lawrenceville, Ga. / Collins Hill HS

33 Logan Adkins R-So. RB 5-8 195 Beaufort, S.C. / Beaufort HS

33 Austin Randall R-Jr. S 6-1 190 Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Myrtle Beach HS

34 Brooks Johnson Fr. TE 6-5 215 Fort Mill, S.C. / Nation Ford HS

35 Eli Hillman R-So. CB 5-11 190 Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Carolina Forest HS (Warner)

35 Nate Merchant Fr. LS 6-1 210 Easley, S.C. / Easley HS

36 Joah Cash R-Fr. Bandit 6-2 225 Savannah, Ga. / Jenkins HS (Naval Academy Prep. School)

37 De’Angelo Huskey R-Sr. CB 5-9 170 Rock Hill, S.C. / South Pointe HS (Guilford College)

38 Charles Arnold Jr. R-Fr. S 5-10 170 Fairburn, Ga. / Langston Hughes HS

38 Taj Thomas R-Jr. WR 6-1 190 Irmo, S.C. / Dutch Fork HS

39 Tré Pinkney R-Jr. LB 6-1 220 Atlanta, Ga. / Pebblebrook HS (Hutchinson C.C.)

40 Patrick McSweeney R-Sr. TE 6-4 240 Staten Island, N.Y. / Monsignor Farrell HS

40 Braylon Ryan R-So. DE 6-2 240 Greenwood, S.C. / Greenwood HS

41 Corey Warren Fr. DE 6-0 240 Hoover, Ala. / Hoover HS

42 troy dela Vega fr. te 6-4 240 Park City, Utah / Park City HS (Utah State)

43 Hunter Patrick R-So. P/PK 6-1 215 Parkton, Md. / Hereford HS (Maryland)

45 Mason Shelton R-So. LB 6-2 235 Maryville, Tenn. / Maryville HS

46 John Kirkpatrick R-Fr. LS 6-2 245 Franklin, Tenn. / Franklin HS (Naval Academy Prep. School)

47 Justin Scola R-Sr. Bandit 6-1 210 Snellville, Ga. / Brookwood HS (Georgia State)

48 Bailey Carraway R-Fr. LB 6-3 240 Hartsville, S.C. / Hartsville HS

49 John Grant III Fr. TE 6-3 215 James Island, S.C. / James Island Charter HS

49 Cameron Mitchell R-So. S 6-0 195 North Charleston, S.C. / Fort Dorchester HS

51 Kip Green R-So. OL 6-4 305 Radford, Va. / Radford HS

52 Allen Henry R-Jr. DT 6-3 290 West Memphis, Ark. / West Memphis HS (Coffeyville C.C.)

53 Kassy Desir 6th OL 6-2 305 North Miami Beach, Fla. / Flanagan HS (UAlbany)

54 Luke Evans R-Fr. LB 6-0 205 Abbeville, S.C. / Abbeville HS

54 Frankie Richardson Fr. OL 6-5 295 Gettysburg, Pa. / Gettysburg HS

55 Tray Brown Fr. LB 6-4 235 Margate, Fla. / Cardinal Gibbons HS

56 Donnell Wilson R-Jr. OL 6-5 315 Whiteville, N.C. / Whiteville HS

57 Willie Lampkin Jr. OL 6-0 275 Lakeland, Fla. / Lakeland HS

58 Thomas Johnson R-Fr. OL 6-3 280 Aynor, S.C. / Aynor HS

59 Jayden Addison R-Jr. OL 6-2 245 Blythewood, S.C. / Blythewood HS

60 andrey newton fr. oL 6-2 280 Columbia, S.C. / Ridge View HS

61 roger Jacobs fr oL 6-2 310 Bennettsville, S.C. / Marlboro County HS

62 Nick Del Grande Fr. OL 6-4 270

Lancaster, Pa. / Lampeter-Strasburg HS

64 Zovon Lindsay R-Jr. OL 6-4 300

Fayetteville, N.C. / Trinity Christian School (NC State)

65 Dillon Luther R-Jr. OL 6-3 310

Asheville, N.C. / Erwin HS (Western Carolina)

66 Will McDonald R-Jr. OL 6-2 295

Matthews, N.C. / Porter Ridge HS

67 Donavan Manson R-So. OL 6-4 290 Indian Land, S.C. / Indian Land HS

68 Caleb Godfree R-Fr. OL 6-2 285

Myrtle Beach, S.C. / Carolina Forest HS

69 Willie Moise R-So. OL 6-3 295

Hollywood, Fla. / Chaminade-Madonna College Prep.

72 Antwine Loper S-Sr. OL 6-3 275

Conway, S.C. / Carolina Forest HS

73 Anthony Walton R-Fr. OL 6-4 310 Lamar, S.C. / Lamar HS

75 Mason Bowers R-So. OL 6-4 285

High Point, N.C. / High Point Central HS

77 Tom Bambrick R-Fr. OL 6-4 330 Madison, Conn. / Daniel Hand HS

78 Tyler Wagner R-So. OL 6-5 310 Lilburn, Ga. / Parkview HS

80 Dami’on Thompson Fr. WR 6-2 185 Mableton, Ga. / Pebblebrook HS

81 Payton Bunch R-Jr. LS 6-3 190 Pendleton, S.C. / Pendleton HS

81 Adrian Hope S-Sr. Bandit 6-1 235 Ocala, Fla. / Vanguard HS (Furman)

82 Jameson Tucker R-Fr. WR 6-2 190 Mauldin, S.C. / Mauldin HS

83 Kyre Duplessis R-So. WR 5-10 195 Woodbridge, Va. / Woodbridge HS

84 Jacob Jenkins Jr. TE 6-3 235 Hoover, Ala. / Spain Park HS (Jacksonville State)

85 Xavier Gravette R-Sr. TE 6-4 215

Towson, Md. / Calvert Hall College HS (Morgan State)

86 TJ Ivy Jr. R-Sr. TE 6-5 235 Chicago, Ill. / Marist HS (Indiana)

87 Malachi Taylor R-Fr. WR 6-3 200

Goose Creek, S.C. / Goose Creek HS

88 Tate Davis R-Fr. WR 6-4 190 Wilmington, N.C. / North Brunswick HS (UNC Pembroke)

89 Rian Black Fr. WR 6-0 210 Rockledge, Fla. / Rockledge HS

90 Rolan Wooden II R-Sr. DT 6-4 295 Acworth, Ga. / Allatoona HS

91 Emmanuel Johnson Jr. DE 6-6 260

North Charleston, S.C. / Fort Dorchester HS (Georgia Tech)

92 Mark Milnac R-Jr. DT 6-1 240

Mauldin, S.C. / Mauldin HS

93 James Johnson Jr. R-So. NT 6-2 275

Fort Pierce, Fla. / Vero Beach HS

95 Mack West R-Fr. P/PK 5-8 175 Hamlet, N.C. / Richmond HS

96 Kyrie Samuel Fr. NT 6-0 255

Fort Lauderdale, Fla. / St. Thomas Aquinas HS

97 David Portu Fr. DE 6-3 245

Fort Myers, Fla. / Bishop Verot Cathlolic HS

98 Travis Nesbitt R-Fr. DE 6-4 255 Columbia, S.C. / Dutch Fork HS

99 Kennedy Roberts Sr. DT 6-3 275 Clearwater, Fla. / Clearwater Central Catholic

2020 SUN BELT CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS

0 Demarcus Jones RB 6-0 202 R-Sr. 2L Vicksburg, Miss. / NW Mississippi CC

0 Natrone Brooks CB 5-11 176 Sr. 2L Starkville, Miss. / Copiah-Lincoln CC

1 Jason Brownlee WR 6-3 202 Sr. 2L West Point, Miss. / East Mississippi CC

1 Lakevias Daniel SAF 6-0 177 Sr. 1L Louisville, Miss. / Ole Miss

2 Eric Scott, Jr. CB 6-2 202 Sr. 2L Basehor, Kansas / Butler Community College

2 Chandler Pittman RB 5-10 165 So. 1L Magee, Miss. / Magee HS

3 Frank Gore, Jr. RB 5-8 195 So. 2L Miami, Fla. / Killian HS

3 Tylan Knight SAF 5-7 175 Sr. TR Pearl, Miss. / Ole Miss

5 Ty Keyes QB 6-2 213 R-Fr. SQ Taylorsville, Miss. / Taylorsville HS

5 Jay Jones SAF 6-1 211 So. 1L Demopolis, Ala. / Demopolis HS

6 Santrell Latham LB 6-2 225 R-Sr. 4L Meridian, Miss. / Meridian HS

6 Dajon Richard RB 5-11 206 So. JC Patterson, La. / Hinds CC

7 Dominic Quewon DE 6-3 254 Sr. 2L Minneapolis, Minn. / Iowa Western CC

7 Zay Franks WR 6-2 193 R-Fr. SQ Magee, Miss. / Magee HS

8 Trey Lowe QB 6-2 235 R-Jr. 2L Collierville, Tenn. / West Virginia

8 Jalil Clemons JACK 6-3 240 R-So. TR Starkville, Miss. / Memphis

9 Malik Shorts DB 6-0 202 R-Jr. 4L Bassfield, Miss. / Jefferson Davis County HS

9 Tee Webb QB 6-4 185 R-Fr. SQ Cartersville, Ga. / Louisville

11 Antavious Willis RB 5-10 180 R-So. 2L Camden, Miss. / Velma Jackson HS

11 Jeremiah Robinson SAF 6-0 196 So. SQ

Petal, Miss. / Petal HS

12 Micheal Caraway, Jr. CB 6-3 185 So. TR Bassfield, Miss. / Pearl River CC

12 Zach Wilcke QB 6-3 194 Fr. HS

Hernando, Miss. / Hernando HS

13 Markel McLaurin CB 5-11 195 Jr. JC Friendship, Miss. / Jones College

13 Richard Mays WR 6-2 212 R-Fr. SQ Ridgeland, Miss. / Ridgeland HS

14 J.D. Rutherford SAF 5-10 186 R-Jr. 1L Bay St. Louis, Miss. / Jones College

14 Kyle McCormick QB 6-1 188 Fr. HS Lincoln, Calif. / La Costa Canyon HS

15 Jakarius Caston WR 6-0 204 Jr. 1L Natchez, Miss. / Hinds CC

16 Brandon Hayes WR 6-2 207 R-Fr. 1L Hattiesburg, Miss. / Oak Grove HS

16 Mason Hunt P 6-1 217 R-Sr. 2L Wiggins, Miss. / Mississippi Gulf Coast CC

17 Brendan Toles CB 6-1 177 So. 1L Oxford, Miss. / Lafayette HS

17 Latreal Jones WR 6-2 195 Jr. JC Taylorsville, Miss. / Pearl River CC

18 Jack Tannehill PK 5-9 182 R-Fr. SQ Oxford, Miss. / Oxford HS

19 Arian Gregory LB 6-0 216 R-Fr. SQ Luverne, Ala. / Luverne HS

19 Dustin Allison QB 6-1 205 So. TR Pass Christian, Miss. / Pearl River CC

20 Kenyon Clay RB 6-1 215 Fr. HS Union, Miss. / Union HS

20 Cameron Knox SAF 6-0 185 Fr. HS New Albany, Miss. / New Albany HS

21 Jay Stanley SAF 6-2 215 Jr. 1L Greenwood, Miss. / Ole Miss

21 Tiaquelin Mims WR 5-9 170 Fr. HS Bay Minette, Ala. / Baldwin County HS

22 Rube Scott Rhea DB 6-0 196 So. 1L Somerville, Tenn. / Fayette Academy

23 Dee Baker CB 6-0 182 R-So. 1L Flowood, Miss. / NW Rankin HS

24 Jake Lange QB 6-2 194 So. 1L Jackson, Miss. / Jackson Prep

24 Tyrese Hopkins JACK 6-2 249 R-Fr. SQ Macon, Miss. / Starkville HS

25 Zahn Diaz RB 5-9 194 R-Fr. SQ Mandeville, La. / Mississippi College

25 Jordan Martin DB 5-8 156 Fr. HS Memphis, Tenn. / Lake Cormorant HS

26 Jimmie Haywood RB 5-9 220 R-So. SQ Theodore, Ala. / Theodore HS

26 Jay Hampton CB 6-2 195 R-Fr. TR Amory, Miss. / Mississippi State

27 Drew Horton LB 6-2 220 So. JC Brandon, Miss. / Jones College

27 Ja’Kobe Cameron WR 6-0 160 Fr. HS Bay St. Louis, Miss. / St. Stanislaus HS

28 Janari Dean RB 5-11 195 R-So. TR Batesville, Miss. / Mississippi State

28 Swayze Bozeman LB 6-3 224 R-Sr. 2L Flora, Miss. / Copiah-Lincoln CC

29 Camron Harrell SAF 5-10 190 Sr. 2L Bradley, Ill. / College of DuPage

29 Ashton Smith WR 5-11 180 Fr. HS Madison, Miss. / Madison Central HS

30 Carter Bonds LB 5-10 220 So. JC Corinth, Miss. / Northeast Miss. CC

30 Bryce Lofton PK/P 6-3 200 So. JC Sand Hill, Miss. / Copiah-Lincoln CC

31 Daylen Gill LB 5-11 225 Sr. TR Louisville, Miss. / Ole Miss

32 Hayes Maples LB 6-2 228 R-Jr. 4L Hattiesburg, Miss. / Oak Grove HS

33 Cole Cavallo TE 6-2 232 R-Jr. 3L Slidell, La. / Northshore HS

34 Mario Wilbourn LB 6-0 252 Fr. HS Oxford, Miss. / Lafayette HS

35 T.Q. Newsome LB 6-1 230 R-So. 2L Gulfport, Miss. / Gulfport HS

36 Brodarius Lewis DT 6-2 295 So. JC Prattville, Ala. / Jones College

38 Jeremiah Alemayehu LB 6-0 220 R-Fr. HS Encino, Calif. / Crespi HS

39 Hayes Puckett DB 5-10 185 R-Fr. SQ Madison, Miss. / Madison-Ridgeland Academy

40 Briggs Bourgeois PK 6-1 192 R-Sr. 4L St. Amant, La. / St. Amant HS

41 Trey Hebert PK 5-11 190 R-Fr. RS Mandeville, La. / St. Andrew’s HS

42 Avery White TE 6-4 231 R-So. SQ Hurley, Miss. / East Central HS

43 Peyton Rea DB 5-10 189 So. JC Madison, Miss. / Itawamba CC

45 Josh Carr, Jr. JACK 6-4 240 Sr. 1L Houston, Texas / Southeastern Louisiana

46 Averie Habas JACK 6-3 242 Jr. 2L Rice Lake, Wis. / Iowa Western CC

47 Michael Jefcoat TE 6-1 230 R-Fr. SQ Greenwood, Miss. / Pillow Academy

48 Ray Ladner TE 6-4 240 R-Sr. 3L Kiln, Miss. / Hancock HS

49 Caleb Garner LB 6-2 238 R-Fr. SQ Mendenhall, Miss. / Simpson Academy

50 Wil Saxton OL 6-3 322 Fr. HS Benton, Miss. / Benton Academy

51 Briason Mays OL 6-4 317 R-Jr. 1L Bolivar, Tenn. / West Virginia

51 Demeco Roland DL 6-3 340 Jr. JC Broken Arrow, Okla. / Hutchinson CC

52 Ethan Bumgarner OL 6-4 315 So. JC West Point, Miss. / Northwest Miss. CC

54 Tanner Hatten LS 6-0 210 So. JC Purvis, Miss. / Jones CC

55 Bryce Ramsey OL 6-2 340 R-So. TR Gulfport, Miss. / Ole Miss

56 T.J. Harvey DS 6-0 229 R-Jr. 3L Columbus, Ga. / Shaw HS

56 DJ Burgess DE 6-3 250 Fr. HS Oxford, Miss. / Lafayette HS

57 Klabron Pollard OL 6-2 293 Fr. HS Hattiesburg, Miss. / Oak Grove HS

58 Drew Lawson OL 6-2 291 R-Fr. SQ Madison, Ala. / Bob Jones HS

60 Coker Wright OL 6-4 290 Jr. 3L Brookhaven, Miss. / Brookhaven HS

62 Seth Roberson LS 5-10 233 R-So. SQ Oviedo, Fla. / Hagarty HS

64 Kyron Barnes OL 6-4 300 Fr. HS Fayette, Miss. / Adams County Christian

65 Gerquan Scott OL 6-4 339 R-So. 2L Mobile, Ala. / Davidson HS

66 Kamron Barnes OL 6-5 320 Fr. HS Fayette, Miss. / Adams County Christian

67 Drew Brewer OL 6-2 300 Fr. HS Purvis, Miss. / Purvis HS

70 James Middleton OL 6-4 320 R-Jr. TR North Charleston, S.C. / Jones College

71 Paul Gainer, Jr. OL 6-3 290 R-Sr. 4L Gautier, Miss. / Gautier HS

72 Matt Ryals OL 6-8 335 R-So. 1L Purvis, Miss. / Purvis HS

73 Douglas Gearity OL 6-4 311 R-Jr. SQ St. Cloud, Fla. / St. Cloud HS

74 Kameron King OL 6-2 291 R-Jr. SQ Marshall, Texas / Marshall HS

75 Peyton McKinion OL 6-7 301 R-Fr. RS Pelahatchie, Miss. / Miss. Gulf Coast CC

77 John Bolding OL 6-3 329 R-Jr. 1L Spring, Texas / Coffeeville CC

78 Calvin McMillian OL 6-5 305 R-Fr. TR Houston, Miss. / Mississippi State

79 Tykeem Doss OL 6-5 373 Sr. 2L Aliceville, Ala. / East Central CC

80 Zavian Hales WR 6-1 190 R-Fr. SQ Brandon, Miss. / Brandon HS

81 Davis Dalton WR 6-3 202 Fr. HS Madison, Miss. / Madison-Ridgeland Academy

82 Jalen May WR 5-10 172 R-So. SQ Houston, Miss. / Northwest CC

83 Jack Jackson WR 6-0 180 Fr. HS Hattiesburg, Miss. / Hattiesburg HS

84 Mitchell Sellers TE 6-5 270 R-Fr. SQ Paradise, Texas / Paradise HS

85 Brad Dennis WR 5-11 168 R-Sr. 2L Florence, Miss. / Florence HS

86 Cade Shepherd WR 5-11 190 So. JC Flora, Miss. / Hinds CC

87 Evan McNally TE 6-2 220 Fr. HS Ocean Springs, Miss. / Ocean Springs HS

88 Luke Baker TE 6-6 240 R-So. 1L Naples, Fla. / Gulf Coast HS

91 Kyler Carter DL 6-3 270 R-Fr. RS Noxapater, Miss. / Northeast Mississippi CC

92 Trace White DL 6-3 280 R-So. JC Flora, Miss. / Northwest Miss. CC

93 Josh Ratcliff DT 6-0 302 Jr. 2L Belle Rose, La. / East Central CC

94 Kristin Booth DE 6-3 259 So. 2L Oxford, Ala. / Oxford HS

95 Quentin Bivens DT 6-3 305 Jr. TR Waynesboro, Miss. / Ole Miss

96 Jalen Williams DL 6-3 310 Jr. TR Tylertown, Miss. / Arkansas

97 Armondous Cooley DT 6-3 305 R-Fr. TR Shubuta, Miss. / Mississippi State

98 Andrew Stein PK 5-10 190 R-So. 2L Slidell, La. / Northshore HS

98 Iliyas Fuavai DE 6-3 245 Fr. HS Pensacola, Fla. / Pensacola Catholic HS

99 Jordyn Mahaffey DE 6-3 253 So. JC Foxworth, Miss. / Jones College

Date Opponent

Sept. 3, 2022

LIBERTY

Sept. 10, 2022 at Miami (Fla.)

Sept. 17, 2022

NORTHWESTERN ST.

Sept. 24, 2022 at Tulane

Oct. 8, 2022 at Troy *

Oct. 15, 2022

ARKANSAS STATE *

Oct. 22, 2022 at Texas State *

Oct. 27, 2022

Nov. 5, 2022

LOUISIANA *

GEORGIA STATE *

Nov. 12, 2022 at Coastal Carolina *

Nov. 19, 2022

SOUTH ALABAMA *

Nov. 26, 2022 at ULM *

2022 SEASON RESULTS

Score Overall Sun Belt Time Attendance

L OT4 27-29 0-1 0-0 5:04 24,051

L 7-30 0-2 0-0 6:18 46,423

W 64-10 1-2 0-0 3:35 26,202

W 27-24 2-2 0-0 3:16 20,422

L 10-27 2-3 0-1 3:02 26,017

W 20-19 3-3 1-1 3:15 27,042

W 20-14 4-3 2-1 3:20 16,318

W 39-24 5-3 3-1 3:46 27,332

L 14-42 5-4 3-2 3:31 22,128

PASSING YARDAGE............................................. 1817 2169 Comp-Att-Int...................................................... 132-238-13 182-303-12 Average Per Pass .............................................. 7.6 7.2 Average Per Catch ............................................. 13.8 11.9 Average Per Game............................................. 201.9 241.0 TDs Passing ...................................................... 14 14 TOTAL OFFENSE .................................................. 2879 3409 Total Plays......................................................... 571 648 Average Per Play ............................................... 5.0 5.3 Average Per Game............................................. 319.9 378.8

KICK RETURNS: #-Yards ..................................... 15-291 16-391 PUNT RETURNS: #-Yards.................................... 20-257 8-46 INT RETURNS: #-Yards ....................................... 12-190 13-85 KICK RETURN AVERAGE ..................................... 19.4 24.4 PUNT RETURN AVERAGE.................................... 12.9 5.8 INT RETURN AVERAGE ....................................... 15.8 6.5 FUMBLES-LOST................................................... 16-8 8-3

2022 SOUTHERN MISS. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING

Frank Gore 9 150 778 36 742 4.9 5 46 82.4

Janari Dean 8 48 143 9 134 2.8 3 15 16.8

Ty Keyes 3 13 60 0 60 4.6 1 12 20.0

Antavious Willis 9 17 71 14 57 3.4 0 20 6.3

Zach Wilcke 8 45 153 100 53 1.2 0 23 6.6

Chandler Pittman 8 18 41 9 32 1.8 0 6 4.0

Kenyon Clay 2 8 25 4 21 2.6 1 13 10.5

Dajon Richard 5 8 22 7 15 1.9 0 9 3.0

Jimmie Haywood 2 4 12 0 12 3.0 0 4 6.0

Demarcus Jones 7 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 0.7

Mason Hunt 9 1 0 4 -4 -4.0 0 0 -0.4

Jake Lange 8 5 6 29 -23 -4.6 0 6 -2.9

Trey Lowe III 3 6 4 28 -24 -4.0 0 3 -8.0

TEAM 9 9 0 18 -18 -2.0 0 0 -2.0

SOUTHERN MISS. 9 333 1320 258 1062 3.2 10 46 118.0 Opponents 9 345 1510 270 1240 3.6 12 60 137.8

PASSING

G Effic Cmp-Att-Int Pct Yds TD Lng Avg/G

Zach Wilcke 8 119.5 101-176-9 57.4 1163 9 76 145.4

Jake Lange 8 86.9 11-21-1 52.4 110 0 27 13.8

Trey Lowe III 3 135.2 8-17-1 47.1 163 1 46 54.3

Ty Keyes 3 232.4 10-17-2 58.8 281 3 89 93.7

Frank Gore 9 195.7 2-7-0 28.6 100 1 52 11.1

SOUTHERN MISS. 9 128.1 132-238-13 55.5 1817 14 89 201.9 Opponents 9 127.5 182-303-12 60.1 2169 14 74 241.0

RECEIVING G

No. Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G

Jason Brownlee 9 38 564 14.8 5 76 62.7

Jakarius Caston 6 21 264 12.6 3 48 44.0

Tiaquelin Mims 5 19 309 16.3 1 52 61.8

Cole Cavallo 9 12 110 9.2 1 25 12.2

Frank Gore 9 10 85 8.5 0 21 9.4

Antavious Willis 9 7 28 4.0 0 9 3.1

Latreal Jones 9 5 34 6.8 0 11 3.8

Janari Dean 8 5 30 6.0 0 11 3.8

Demarcus Jones 7 3 56 18.7 0 36 8.0

Chandler Pittman 8 3 71 23.7 1 53 8.9

Luke Baker 9 2 22 11.0 0 17 2.4

Jalen May 6 2 87 43.5 1 89 14.5

Kenyon Clay 2 1 3 3.0 0 3 1.5

Brandon Hayes 1 1 23 23.0 0 23 23.0

Richard Mays 7 1 46 46.0 0 46 6.6

Zay Franks 9 1 58 58.0 1 58 6.4

Davis Dalton 1 1 27 27.0 0 27 27.0

SOUTHERN MISS. 9

the Chanticleer regiment is the marching band of Coastal Carolina University and one of the most visible student organizations on CCU’s campus. The ensemble is one of many housed within the Thomas W. and Robin W. Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts Department of music. The marching band appears at all CCU home football games, selected away games, and invited exhibition performances. Consisting of woodwind, brass, color guard, and twirlers, the Chanticleer Regiment strives for musical excellence coupled with an exciting visual presentation. Membership is open to all students regardless of academic major. The 2022 Chanticleer Regiment is led on the field by conducting drum majors Dorien Steed and Hailey Cornell, and in-line drum major Charlea Malin. The Chanticleer Regiment is under the direction of CCU Director of Bands Garrett Griffin and assistant director Greg Tsalikis, with assistance from Jesse Willis, Emily Griffin, and Sydney Medlin.

WHAT IS A CHANTICLEER?

A Chanticleer (SHON-ti-cleer) gives Coastal Carolina University one of the most unique nicknames in all of sports. Chanticleer comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and came to the University when it was a member of the University of South Carolina system. A Chanticleer is a rooster who rules the barnyard with cunning and wit. His competitiveness never wanes as he battles to the end, using his brains to come out on top every time.

n Alyssa Avallone

n Bailey Bateman

n Camiyah Binns

n Morgan Britt Tripp

n Elisabeth Daniels

n Alyssia DiLorenzo

n Isabella DiOrio

n Bella Eylens

Head

DANCE TEAM MEMBERS

n Olivia Fowlkes

n Addi Gleason

n Caroline Haberman n Bianca Handl n Brooke Knight n Serena Lin n Caitlyn Medved n Kendall Moore

n Savannah Piziak

n Abbe Reynolds n Megan Ryerson n Lauren Slice n Mickie Smith n Charley Trout n Logan Urban n McKaellen Wilkerson

WE'RE THE CHANTICLEERS (CCU Fight Song)

We're the Chanticleers, Tenacious and true. We'll fight until the end For CCU!

We'll compete with honor And always to win. Gather for our battle cry And then...

CHEER SQUAD MEMBERS

WOMEN

n Destini Brown

n Allison Blechl

n Ashlee Boykin n Erin Coyle

n Cassidy Cullen n Hailey Curran n Kaylee Dawson n Ceara Day n Kyleigh Dixon n Cailin Forsyth n Kylie Forsyth

MEN

n Stephen Caratozzolo n Tyler Cuskey

n Caleb Degn

n Ashlyn Franey n Olivia Giovannetti n Jennifer “Jenny” Gouthro n Erika Greco n Leah Hargis n Harley Huey n Alyssa Lehrmann n Khyla Mason n Nyla McKinney n Olivia Miller n Mikayla Montgomery

n Victoria O'Malley n Jada Pelzer n Jadyn Penland n Madison Purcell n Sara Senich n Anna Saks n Melissa Spangler n Sam Tuten n Khamari Tyre n Olivia Versace n Ellie Zielfelder

We'll shout our colors. Go teal! (Go teal!) And then we'll yell out And bronze! (And bronze!)

And every team will learn Coastal is number one!

We're the ChanticleersDefending the shoreBest of Carolina

Since '54. Stronger than the oaks And sure as the tide, Our hearts are beating fast With Coastal pride!

n Dutch Hendricks n Zachary Kounbandith n Sean Sullivan n Chris Supple

n Ryan Tomison n Daniel Valentino n Elijah Williams

CAPTAINS

n Meghan Trucksis

n Gracie Vinzant

Head Coach: Dave Almeida

n Melvin Hall n Jack Schafer

SOCK 'EM, BUST 'EM THAT'S OUR CUSTOM COASTAL CAROLINA

Coach: Marla Sage

CHants in tHe pros

CHants in tHe nfL

CHANT YEARS DRAFTED

Tyler Thigpen 2007-14 2007 Minnesota Vikings (7th Rd/217th pick)

Jerome Simpson 2008-15 2008 Cincinnati Bengals (2nd Rd/46th pick)

Josh Norman 2012-present 2012 Carolina Panthers (5th Rd/143rd pick)

Lorenzo Taliaferro 2014-16 2014 Baltimore Ravens (4th Rd/138th pick)

Matt Hazel * 2014-18 2014 Miami Dolphins (6th Rd/190th pick)

De’Angelo Henderson * 2017-20 2017 Denver Broncos (6th Rd/203rd pick)

Tarron Jackson 2021-present 2021 Philadelphia Eagles (6th Rd/191st pick)

Isaiah Likely 2022-present 2022 Baltimore Ravens (4th Rd/139th pick)

Jeffrey Gunter 2022-present 2022 Cincinnati Bengals (7th Rd/252nd pick)

CHANT YEARS SIGNED

Quinton Teal 2007-10

Signed as free agent - Carolina Panthers (2007)

Mike Tolbert 2008-17 Signed as free agent - San Diego Chargers (2008)

Maurice Simpkins * 2010-11 Signed as free agent - Green Bay Packers (2010)

Jamie Childers * 2014-15 Signed as free agent - St. Louis Rams (2012)

Marrio Norman * 2014 Signed as free agent - Baltimore Ravens (2014)

Denzel Rice * 2015-19 Signed as free agent - Philadelphia Eagles (2015)

Alex Scearce * 2017 Signed as free agent - Chicago Bears (2017)

Anthony Chesley * 2019-present Signed as free agent - Cincinnati Bengals (2019)

Sterling Johnson * 2020 Signed as free agent - New York Jets (2020)

CJ Marable * 2021 Signed as free agent - Chicago Bears (2021)

C.J. Brewer 2022-present Signed as free agent - Buffalo Bills (2022)

Kameron Brown 2022-present Signed as free agent - Tampa Bay Bucs (2022)

Jaivon Heiligh 2022-present Signed as free agent - Cincinnati Bengals (2022)

Shermari Jones 2022-present Signed as free agent - Cincinnati Bengals (2022)

Silas Kelly 2022-present Signed as free agent - Cleveland Brown (2022)

JOSH NORMAN SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS

TARRON JACKSON PHILADELPHIA EAGLES

ISAIAH LIKELY BALTIMORE RAVENS

JEFFREY GUNTER CINCINNATI BENGALS

ANTHONY CHESLEY INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

CHANTS IN THE CFL

CHANT YEARS TEAM

Marrio Norman 2015 Saskatchewan Roughriders

Alex Ross 2017-18 British Columbia Lions

Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Quinn Backus 2015 Ottawa Redblacks

Lorenzo Taliaferro 2018 Hamilton Tiger-Cats

Enock Makonzo 2022-present Edmonton Elks (1st Rd/4th pick)

CHANTS IN THE USFL

CHANT YEARS TEAM

CJ Marable 2022-present Birmingham Stallions

CHANTS IN THE USFL

CHANT YEARS TEAM

De'Angelo Henderson 2020 Houston Roughnecks

CHANTS IN THE AAF

CHANT YEARS TEAM

Alex Ross 2019 San Diego Fleet

CHANTS IN ARENA/INDOOR FOOTBALL

CHANT YEARS TEAM

Maurice Simpkins 2007-10, ‘13 Rock River Raptors

Green Bay Blizzard

Nebraska Danger

Marrio Norman 2011-14, ‘15-19 West Texas Roughnecks

Georgia Force Orlando Predators

Cleveland Gladiators

Shanghai Skywalkers (China)

Albany Empire Washington Valor

Joe Kaleta 2022 Glacier Boys (FCFL)

SILAS KELLY CLEVELAND BROWNS

JAIVON HEILIGH CINCINNATI BENGALS

KAMERON BROWN TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

C.J. BREWER BUFFALO BILLS

SHERMARI JONES

CINCINNATI BENGALS

CONSENSUS ALL-AMERICAN*

Tarron Jackson 2020

AFCA

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

C.J. Brewer Third Team 2020

CBS SPORTS/247SPORTS

Tarron Jackson Second Team 2020

COLLEGE FOOTBALL ALL-SIS

Isaiah Likely Second Team 2020

ESPN

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

fBs aLL-ameriCans

FWAA

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

Isaiah Likely Second Team 2021

PHIL STEELE

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020 C.J. Brewer Hon. Mention 2020

Jaivon Heiligh Hon. Mention 2021

Isaiah Likely Hon. Mention 2021

Josaiah Stewart Hon. Mention 2021

PRO FOOTBAL FOCUS (PFF)

Isaiah Likely Second Team 2020

Isaiah Likely Third Team 2021

*A “consensus All-American” is a player who is listed as a first-team All-American by at least half of the recognized lists.

fCs aLL-ameriCans

PRO FOOTBALL NETWORK (PFN)

Isaiah Likely Second Team 2020

Josaiah Stewart Third Team 2021

REESE’S SENIOR BOWL

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

SENIOR CLASS

Tarron Jackson Second Team 2020

SPORTING NEWS’

Tarron Jackson Second Team 2020

WALTER CAMP

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

Isaiah Likely Second Team 2021

AFCA

Tyler Thigpen Quarterback 2006

Josh Norman Cornerback 2011

Chad Hamilton Offensive Line 2014

Alex Ross Quarterback 2015

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Tyler Thigpen First Team 2006

Brad Poston Second Team 2006

Jerome Simpson Second Team 2006

Quinton Teal Second Team 2006

Josh Norman Third Team 2009

Josh Norman First Team 2011

Quinn Backus Second Team 2013

Lorenzo Taliaferro Second Team 2013

Jamey Cheatwood Third Team 2013

Quinn Backus First Team 2014

Chad Hamilton Second Team 2014

De’Angelo Henderson Third Team 2015

Alex Scearce First Team 2016

COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL (One team)

Josh Norman Cornerback 2011

Lorenzo Taliaferro Running Back 2013

Quinn Backus (HM) Linebacker 2013

COLLEGE SPORTING NEWS

FABULOUS 50

Jerome Simpson Third Team 2006

Tommy Fraser Running Back 2009

Josh Norman Cornerback 2009

Danny Bonifas Long Snapper 2010 (Sweet 63)

Josh Norman Cornerback 2011

Quinn Backus Linebacker 2013

Lorenzo Taliaferro Running Back 2013 Jamey Cheatwood Offensive Line 2013 (HM)

Quinn Backus Linebacker 2014 Chad Hamilton Offensive Line 2014

DON HANSEN’S WEEKLY GAZETTE

Antwon Trice Third Team 2004

Nick Johnson Hon. Mention 2004

Quinton Teal Third Team 2005

Tyler Thigpen First Team 2006

Brad Poston Second Team 2006

Jerome Simpson Second Team 2006

Quinton Teal Second Team 2006

Brian Kepple Third Team 2006

Rodney Burgess Hon. Mention 2006

Jamar Leath Hon. Mention 2006

FCS ADA (One 11-player team)

Quinn Backus Linebacker 2014

PHIL STEELE

David Duran Second Team 2010

Josh Norman First Team 2011

SPORTS NETWORK/STATS FCS

Brad Poston Third Team 2006

Jerome Simpson Third Team 2006

Mike Tolbert Second Team 2007

Marrio Norman Hon. Mention 2007

Jerome Simpson Hon. Mention 2007

Josh Norman Second Team 2011

Quinn Backus Third Team 2012

Quinn Backus Second Team 2013

Lorenzo Taliaferro Second Team 2013 Jamey Cheatwood Third Team 2013

Quinn Backus First Team 2014

Chad Hamilton First Team 2014 Shane Ballard Third Team 2014

De’Angelo Henderson Second Team 2015 Devin Brown Second Team 2015

De’Angelo Henderson Second Team 2016

Alex Scearce Second Team 2016

Voghens Larrieux Third Team 2016

WALTER CAMP (One 25-player team)

Quinn Backus Linebacker 2013

Quinn Backus Linebacker 2014

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BLANCHARD-ROGERS TROPHY (S.C. HEISMAN)

Grayson McCall WINNER 2021

BEDNARIK AWARD

Tarron Jackson Semifinalist 2020

BRONKO NAGURSKI TROPHY

Tarron Jackson Finalist 2020

BURLSWORTH TROPHY

Sam Thompson Semifinalist 2020

DAVEY O’BRIEN NATIONAL QUARTERBACK AWARD

Grayson McCall Semifinalist 2020

Grayson McCall Semifinalist 2021

FWAA MOST INSPIRATIONAL FRESHMAN

Grayson McCall WINNER 2020

JOHNNY UNITAS GOLDEN ARM AWARDS

Grayson McCall Top-10 Finalist 2021

LOMBARDI AWARD

Tarron Jackson Finalist 2020

LOTT IMPACT TROPHY

Tarron Jackson Finalist 2020

MANNING AWARD

Grayson McCall Finalist 2020

MAXWELL AWARD

Grayson McCall Semifinalist 2020 Grayson McCall Semifinalist 2021

MAYO CLINIC COMEBACK PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Silas Kelly WINNER 2020

SHAUN ALEXANDER -FWAA FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Grayson McCall

Semifinalist 2020

Josaiah Stewart Semifinalist 2021

WILLIAM V. CAMPBELL TROPHY

Tarron Jackson Semifinalist 2020

AFCA FBS ASSISTANT COACH OF THE YEAR

Newland Isaac WINNER 2021

ASSOCIATED PRESS COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

BROYLES AWARD Chad Staggs Semifinalist 2020

CBS SPORTS/247SPORTS COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

EDDIE ROBINSON FBS COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

GEORGE MUNGER COLLEGE COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

GRANT TEAFF COACH OF THE YEAR (FCA) Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

THE HOME DEPOT COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

LOMBARDI HONORS COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell Finalist 2020

PAUL “BEAR” BRYANT COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell Finalist 2020

PAUL “BEAR” BRYANT GROUP OF 5 CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

SPORTING NEWS’ COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

THE PREMIER COACH OF COLLEGE FOOBALL Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

WALTER CAMP COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

WERNER LADDER AFCA FBS REGION 2 COACH OF THE YEAR Jamey Chadwell WINNER 2020

DON HANSEN’S WEEKLY GAZETTE NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Tyler Thigpen Offensive Back 2006

FCS ATHLETIC DIRECTOR’S ASSOCIATION

TOP COLLEGIATE LINEBACKER

Quinn Backus 2014

WALTER PAYTON AWARD

(FCS NATIONAL OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR)

Tyler Thigpen

Finalist (7th) 2006

Lorenzo Taliaferro Finalist (11th) 2013

Alex Ross Finalist (7th) 2014

De’Angelo Henderson Finalist (10th) 2015

Alex Ross Finalist (19th) 2015

De’Angelo Henderson Finalist (15th) 2016

BUCK BUCHANAN AWARD (FCS NATIONAL DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR)

Josh Norman Finalist (19th) 2011

Quinn Backus Finalist (7th) 2013

Quinn Backus Finalist (4th) 2014

Alex Scearce Finalist (6th) 2016

NATIONAL FCS COACH OF THE YEAR

David Bennett (Sportexe) 2006

LIBERTY MUTUAL FCS COACH OF THE YEAR

Joe Moglia

Finalist 2012

Joe Moglia Finalist 2013

EDDIE ROBINSON FCS COACH OF THE YEAR

David Bennett

Finalist (9th) 2006

Joe Moglia Finalist (15th) 2012

Joe Moglia Finalist (9th) 2013

Joe Moglia Finalist (2nd) 2014

Joe Moglia WINNER 2015

NCAA POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Anthony Franklin 2006-07

NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION NATIONAL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE & POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2013

FCS ATHLETIC DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION ACADEMIC ALL-STAR

Josh Hoke 2004

Josh Hoke 2005

Josh Hoke 2006

Marcus Lott 2011 (Postgraduate Scholarship Finalist)

Tim Franklin 2011 Niccolo Mastromatteo 2012 Niccolo Mastromatteo 2013 (Postgraduate Scholarship Finalist)

Mo Ashley 2014 Brett Johnson 2014 Alex Ross 2015

Ryan Granger 2015 Ryan Granger 2016

COLLEGE SPORTS JOURNAL FCS ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2012

JOHN MCLENDON MINORITY POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP

Nicholas Clark 2019

NATIONAL FOOTBALL FOUNDATION HAMPSHIRE HONOR SOCIETY (SENIORS ONLY)

Rodney Burgess 2007 (2006 Season)

Anthony Franklin 2007 (2006 Season) Sam Harper 2007 (2006 Season)

Josh Hoke 2007 (2006 Season)

Brian Kepple 2007 (2006 Season)

Jamar Leath 2007 (2006 Season) Brad Poston 2007 (2006 Season) Tyler Thigpen 2007 (2006 Season)

Ren McKinnon 2008 (2007 Season)

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2014 (2013 Season) Jeffery Salley 2014 (2013 Season)

Mo Ashley 2015 (2014 Season)

Quinn Backus 2015 (2014 Season) Cody Craig 2015 (2014 Season) Chad Hamilton 2015 (2014 Season) Kevin Hart 2015 (2014 Season) Brett Johnson 2015 (2014 Season) Imir Sanders 2015 (2014 Season)

Alex Ross 2016 (2015 Season)

Osharmar Abercrombie 2018 (2017 Season) Kerron Johnson 2018 (2017 Season) Tyler Keane 2018 (2017 Season) Marcus Williamson 2018 (2017 Season)

James Heft 2019 (2018 Season) Marcus Outlow 2019 (2018 Season) Malcolm Williams 2019 (2018 Season)

Sam Denmark 2021 (2020 Season) Tarron Jackson 2021 (2020 Season)

Steven Bedosky 2022 (2021 Season) C.J. Brewer 2022 (2021 Season) Trey Carter 2022 (2021 Season) Teddy Gallagher 2022 (2021 Season) Silas Kelly 2022 (2021 Season) Isaiah Likely 2022 (2021 Season) Charles Ouverson 2022 (2021 Season) CJ Schrimpf 2022 (2021 Season) Alex Spillum 2022 (2021 Season) Sam Thompson 2022 (2021 Season)

COSIDA DIVISION I ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA

Josh Hoke First Team 2005

Josh Hoke First Team 2006

Marcus Lott Second Team 2011

Alex Ross Second Team 2015

Jonathan Clayton Second Team 2019

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020 Silas Kelly First Team 2020 Silas Kelly First Team 2021

COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT

Patrick Hall First Team 2005

Josh Hoke First Team 2005

Josh Hoke First Team 2006

Brad Poston First Team 2006

Derrick Frasier First Team 2008

Marcus Lott First Team 2011

Niccolo Mastromatteo First Team 2013

Jeffery Salley First Team 2013

Mo Ashley First Team 2014

Chad Hamilton First Team 2014

Brett Johnson First Team 2014

Alex Ross First Team 2015

Steven Bedosky First Team 2018

Jonathan Clayton First Team 2018

Brock Hoffman First Team 2018

Silas Kelly First Team 2018 Ky’Jon Tyler First Team 2018

Kameron Burton First Team 2019

Trey Carter First Team 2019

Jonathan Clayton First Team 2019

Teddy Gallagher First Team 2019

Michael McFarlane First Team 2019

Alex Spillum First Team 2019

Steven Bedosky First Team 2020

Tarron Jackson First Team 2020

Silas Kelly First Team 2020

Charles Ouverson First Team 2020

Alex Spillum First Team 2020

Steven Bedosky First Team 2021

Trey Carter First Team 2021

Silas Kelly First Team 2021

Charles Ouverson First Team 2021 Alex Spillum First Team 2021

DE’ANGELO HENDERSON 2013-16

n Set the NCAA Division I record by scoring at least one touchdown in 35 consecutive games. The record in cluded all 14 games in 2014, all 12 games in 2015, and all nine of his games in 2016 (he missed three games due to injury).

n Scored 58 touchdowns over the 35game span (52 rushing, six receiving).

n Was just three touchdowns shy of the NCAA all-division record (38 by Danny Woodhead of NCAA Division II Chad ron State) and could have tied the mark had he not suffered an injury.

n Prior to his senior season, Henderson set both Big South and NCAA FCS records by scoring at least one touch down in 26 straight games (2014 and 2015).

n In game two of his senior season, Henderson scored in his 28th-straight game to break the NCAA Division I (FBS and FCS) record previously held by Lee Suggs of Virginia Tech.

sCHoLar-atHLete of tHe year winners

MARCUS LOTT

2011 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

JOSH HOKE

2006 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE 2006-07 BIG SOUTH SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

ALEX ROSS

2015 BIG SOUTH FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE

indiViduaL ConferenCe awards

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Grayson McCall, QB Sun Belt 2020

Grayson McCall, QB Sun Belt 2021

OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Patrick Hall, RB Big South 2004

Tyler Thigpen, QB Big South 2006

Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB Big South 2013

Alex Ross, QB Big South 2014

De’Angelo Henderson, RB Big South 2015

De’Angelo Henderson, RB Transition 2016 Committee

DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Andrae Jacobs, LB Big South 2010

Quinn Backus, LB Big South 2012

Quinn Backus, LB Big South 2013

Quinn Backus, LB Big South 2014

Alex Scearce, LB Transition 2016 Committee

Tarron Jackson, DE Sun Belt 2020

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

D’Jordan Strong, CB Sun Belt 2020

FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

Jerome Simpson, WR Big South 2004

Grayson McCall, QB Sun Belt 2020

SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE YEAR

LaDarius Hawthorne Big South 2013

Devin Brown, KR Big South 2015

COACH OF THE YEAR

David Bennett Big South 2004

David Bennett Big South 2010

Joe Moglia Big South 2012

Joe Moglia Big South 2014 (co-Coach)

Jamey Chadwell Sun Belt 2020

FOOTBALL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

Josh Hoke, PK Big South 2006

Marcus Lott, S Big South 2011

Alex Ross, QB Big South 2015

HOWARD BAGWELL BIG SOUTH MALE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (ALL SPORTS)

Lorenzo Taliaferro, RB 2013-14 Academic Year

Quinn Backus, LB 2014-15 Academic Year

BIG SOUTH MALE STUDENT-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR (ALL SPORTS)

Josh Hoke, PK 2006-07 Academic Year

BIG SOUTH GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP

Anthony Franklin 2006-07 Academic Year

CHRISTENBERRY AWARD WINNER

Anthony Franklin 2006-07 Academic Year (4.0 mathematics)

SUN BELT MEDAL OF HONOR

Nicholas Clark 2019

BIG SOUTH ALL-ACADEMIC TEAM

Maurice Simpkins Big South 2003

Josh Hoke Big South 2004

Josh Hoke Big South 2005

Josh Hoke Big South 2006

Whittmin Reese Big South 2007

Derrick Frasier Big South 2008

Justin Durham Big South 2009

Marcus Lott Big South 2010

Marcus Lott Big South 2011

Niccolo Mastromatteo Big South 2012

Niccolo Mastromatteo Big South 2013

Cody Craig Big South 2014

Alex Ross Big South 2015

* Only one student-athlete from each institution was named to the Big South All-Academic team each year.

ALL-BIG SOUTH

NAME TEAM POSITION YEAR

Maurice Simpkins 1st Team Linebacker 2003

Greg Williamson 1st Team Return Specialist 2003

Rayshun Crosby 2nd Team Defensive Line 2003

Adrain Grady 2nd Team Defensive Line 2003

Nick Johnson 2nd Team Offensive Line 2003

Aundres Perkins 2nd Team Running Back 2003

Brad Poston 2nd Team Offensive Line 2003

Antwon Trice 2nd Team Offensive Line 2003

Greg Williamson 2nd Team Defensive Back 2003

Patrick Hall 1st Team Running Back 2004

Josh Hoke 1st Team Kicker 2004

Brandon Jeffcoat 1st Team Tight End 2004

Nick Johnson 1st Team Offensive Line 2004

Kelvin McIver 1st Team Defensive Line 2004

Maurice Simpkins 1st Team Linebacker 2004

Quinton Teal 1st Team Defensive Back 2004

Antwon Trice 1st Team Offensive Line 2004

Adrain Grady 2nd Team Defensive Line 2004

Sam Harper 2nd Team Defensive Line 2004

David Parker 2nd Team Return Specialis 2004

Jerome Simpson 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2004

Greg Williamson 2nd Team Defensive Back 2004

Josh Hoke 1st Team Kicker 2005

Jamar Leath 1st Team Linebacker 2005

Kelvin McIver 1st Team Defensive Line 2005

Brad Poston 1st Team Offensive Line 2005

Maurice Simpkins 1st Team Linebacker 2005

Quinton Teal 1st Team Defensive Back 2005

Antwon Trice 1st Team Offensive Line 2005

Sergio Geiger 2nd Team Defensive Back 2005

Adrain Grady 2nd Team Defensive Line 2005

Patrick Hall 2nd Team Running Back 2005

Brian Kepple 2nd Team Offensive Line 2005

Aundres Perkins 2nd Team Running Back 2005

Jerome Simpson 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2005

Zack St. Clair 2nd Team Long Snapper 2005

Robbie Wright 2nd Team Offensive Line 2005

Rodney Burgess 1st Team Tight End 2006

James Coble 1st Team Long Snapper 2006

Sam Harper 1st Team Defensive Line 2006

Brian Kepple 1st Team Offensive Line 2006

Jamar Leath 1st Team Linebacker 2006

Brad Poston 1st Team Offensive Line 2006

Jerome Simpson 1st Team Wide Receiver 2006

Quinton Teal 1st Team Defensive Back 2006

Tyler Thigpen 1st Team Quarterback 2006

Ronnie Mason 2nd Team Defensive Line 2006

Dewitt Myers 2nd Team Defensive Back 2006

Aundres Perkins 2nd Team Running Back 2006

Brandon Autry

1st Team Defensive Back 2007

Adrain Grady 1st Team Defensive Line 2007

Britt Leggett 1st Team Offensive Line 2007

Marrio Norman 1st Team Defensive Back 2007

Jerome Simpson 1st Team Wide Receiver 2007

Mike Tolbert 1st Team Fullback 2007

Phillip Oboh 2nd Team Defensive Line 2007

Whittmin Reese 2nd Team Defensive Back 2007

D.J. Rice 2nd Team Linebacker 2007

Anthony Steele 2nd Team Linebacker 2007

Ben Erdman 1st Team Punter 2008

Britt Leggett 1st Team Offensive Line 2008

Phillip Oboh 1st Team Defensive End 2008

D.J. Rice 1st Team Linebacker 2008

David Duran 1st Team Tight End 2009

Josh Norman 1st Team Defensive Back 2009

Phillip Oboh 1st Team Defensive End 2009

Ryan Boehm 2nd Team Offensive Line 2009

Desmond Steward 2nd Team Linebacker 2009

Danny Bonifas 1st Team Long Snapper 2010

Dominique Davenport 1st Team Defensive Back 2010

David Duran 1st Team Tight End 2010

Andrae Jacobs 1st Team Linebacker 2010

Josh Norman 1st Team Defensive Back 2010

Jamey Cheatwood 2nd Team Offensive Line 2010

Zach MacDowall 2nd Team Quarterback 2010

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2nd Team Punt Return 2010

Kent Harper 2nd Team Defensive Line 2010

Eric O’Neal 2nd Team Running Back 2010

Seth Smalls 2nd Team Offensive Line 2010

Brandon Whitley 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2010

Andrae Jacobs 1st Team Linebacker 2011

Josh Norman 1st Team Defensive Back 2011

Jamey Cheatwood 2nd Team Offensive Line 2011

Jamie Childers 2nd Team Tight End 2011

Matt Hazel 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2011

Tim Franklin 2nd Team Offensive Line 2011

Chris Thomas 2nd Team Defensive Line 2011

Desmond Stewart 2nd Team Linebacker 2011

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2nd Team Punt Return 2011

Quinn Backus 1st Team Linebacker 2012

Quinton Davis 1st Team Defensive End 2012

Johnny Hartsfield 1st Team Defensive Line 2012

Matt Hazel 1st Team Wide Receiver 2012

Aramis Hillary 1st Team Quarterback 2012

Dontavais Johnson 1st Team Defensive Back 2012

Niccolo Mastromatteo 1st Team Punt Returner 2012

Pat Williams 1st Team Offensive Line 2012

David Duran 2nd Team Tight End 2012

Chad Hamilton 2nd Team Offensive Line 2012

Jeremy Height 2nd Team Running Back 2012

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2012

Mike McClure 2nd Team Linebacker 2012

Quinn Backus 1st Team Linebacker 2013

Devin Brown 1st Team Kick Return 2013

Alex Catron 1st Team Kicker 2013

Jamey Cheatwood 1st Team Offensive Line 2013

Chad Hamilton 1st Team Offensive Line 2013

Matt Hazel 1st Team Wide Receiver 2013

Drew Herring 1st Team Offensive Line 2013

Alex Ross 1st Team Quarterback 2013

Lorenzo Taliaferro 1st Team Running Back 2013

DeMario Bennett 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2013

Calvin Hollenhorst 2nd Team Defensive Line 2013

Niccolo Mastromatteo 2nd Team Punt Return 2013

Mike McClure 2nd Team Linebacker 2013

Denzel Rice 2nd Team Defensive Back 2013

Richie Sampson 2nd Team Defensive Back 2013

Quinn Backus 1st Team Linebacker 2014

Shane Ballard 1st Team Long Snapper 2014

Devin Brown 1st Team Kick Return 2014

Chad Hamilton 1st Team Offensive Line 2014

Kevin Hart 1st Team Offensive Line 2014

De’Angelo Henderson 1st Team Running Back 2014

Roderick Holder 1st Team Defensive Line 2014

Alex Ross 1st Team Quarterback 2014

Pernell Williams 1st Team Defensive Back 2014

Mo Ashley 2nd Team Offensive Line 2014

Alex Catron 2nd Team Kicker 2014

Calvin Hollenhorst 2nd Team Defensive Line 2014

John Israel 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2014

Brett Johnson 2nd Team Linebacker 2014

Bruce Mapp 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2014

Denzel Rice 2nd Team Defensive Back 2014

De’Angelo Henderson 1st Team Running Back 2015

Alex Ross 1st Team Quarterback 2015

Devin Brown 1st Team Kick Return 2015

Bruce Mapp 1st Team Wide Receiver 2015

Sam Ekwonike 1st Team Offensive Line 2015

Voghens Larrieux 1st Team Offensive Line 2015

Jabarai Bothwell 1st Team Defensive Line 2015

Ryan Granger 1st Team Kicker 2015

Chase Tidwell 2nd Team Offensive Line 2015

Chris Jones 2nd Team Wide Receiver 2015

Chris Jones 2nd Team Punt Return 2015

Roderick Holder 2nd Team Defensive Line 2015

Calvin Hollenhorst 2nd Team Defensive Line 2015

Alex Scearce 2nd Team Linebacker 2015

2016 CCU TRANSITION COMMITTEE

NAME TEAM POSITION YEAR

De’Angelo Henderson 1st Team Running Back 2016

Bruce Mapp 1st Team Wide Receiver 2016

Sam Ekwonike 1st Team Offensive Line 2016

Voghens Larrieux 1st Team Offensive Line 2016

Jabarai Bothwell 1st Team Defensive Line 2016

Alex Scearce 1st Team Linebacker 2016

Shane Johnson 1st Team Linebacker 2016

Richie Sampson 1st Team Defensive Back 2016

Chris Jones 1st Team Punt Return 2016

Connor Kubala 2nd Team Long Snapper 2016

Devin Brown 2nd Team Kick Return 2016

ALL-SUN BELT

NAME TEAM POSITION YEAR

Shane Johnson 2nd Team Linebacker 2017

Osharmar Abercrombie 3rd Team Running Back 2017

Malcolm Williams 3rd Team Wide Receiver 2017

Chris Jones Hon. Men. Wide Receiver 2017

Evan Rabon Hon. Men. Punter 2017

Trey Carter Hon. Men. Offensive Line 2017

Silas Kelly Hon. Men. Linebacker 2017

Jeffrey Gunter 1st Team Defensive Line 2018

Tarron Jackson 3rd Team Defensive Line 2018

Massimo Biscardi 3rd Team Kicker 2018

Trey Carter Hon. Men. Offensive Line 2018

Malcolm Williams Hon. Men. Wide Receiver 2018

Silas Kelly Hon. Men. Linebacker 2018

Connor Kubala Hon. Men. Long Snapper 2018

Tarron Jackson 1st Team Defensive Line 2019

Chandler Kryst 2nd Team Defensive Back 2019

C.J. Brewer 3rd Team Defensive Line 2019

Trey Carter 3rd Team Offensive Line 2019

Teddy Gallagher 3rd Team Linebacker 2019

Sterling Johnson 3rd Team Defensive Line 2019

Isaiah Likely 3rd Team Tight End 2019

Shadell Bell Hon. Men. Tight End 2019

Jaivon Heiligh Hon. Men. Wide Receiver 2019

Ethan Howard Hon. Men. Offensive Line 2019

CJ Marable Hon. Men. Running Back 2019

C.J. Brewer 1st Team Defensive Line 2020

Trey Carter 1st Team Offensive Line 2020

Jeffrey Gunter 1st Team Defensive Line 2020

Jaivon Heiligh 1st Team Wide Receiver 2020

Tarron Jackson 1st Team Defensive Line 2020

Isaiah Likely 1st Team Tight End 2020

CJ Marable 1st Team Running Back 2020

CJ Marable 1st Team All-Purpose 2020

Grayson McCall 1st Team Quarterback 2020

D’Jordan Strong 1st Team Defensive Line 2020

Massimo Biscardi 2nd Team Kicker 2020

Silas Kelly 2nd Team Linebacker 2020

Willie Lampkin 2nd Team Offensive Line 2020

Teddy Gallagher 3rd Team Linebacker 2020

Alex Spillum 3rd Team Defensive Back 2020

Sam Thompson 3rd Team Offensive Line 2020

Steven Bedosky Hon. Men. Offensive Line 2020

Antwine Loper Hon. Men. Offensive Line 2020

Enock Makonzo Hon. Men. Linebacker 2020

Reese White Hon. Men. Running Back 2020

Grayson McCall 1st Team Quarterback 2021

Shermari Jones 1st Team Running Back 2021

Isaiah Likely 1st Team Tight End 2021

Jaivon Heiligh 1st Team Wide Receiver 2021

D’Jordan Strong 1st Team Defensive Line 2021

C.J. Brewer 1st Team Defensive Line 2021

Silas Kelly 2nd Team Linebacker 2021

Josaiah Stewart 1st Team Defensive Line 2021

Willie Lampkin 2nd Team Offensive Line 2021

Jeffrey Gunter 2nd Team Defensive Line 2021

Trey Carter 3rd Team Offensive Line 2021

Alex Spillum 3rd Team Defensive Back 2021

Jaivon Heiligh 3rd Team RS 2021

Braydon Bennett Hon. Mention Running Back 2021

Kameron Brown Hon. Mention Wide Receiver 2021

Teddy Gallagher Hon. Mention Linebacker 2021

Enock Makonzo Hon. Mention Spur 2021

CURE BOWL CHAMPIONS

GEORGE F. “BUDDY” SASSER ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

Coastal Carolina University’s Athletic Hall of Fame is named in honor of former athletic director George F. “Buddy” Sasser.

“It is a fitting tribute to Buddy that his name should be permanently linked with the athletic department’s Athletic Hall of Fame,” said former CCU President Ronald Ingle. “Buddy embodies the highest qualities associated with college athletics — integrity, leadership, and scholarship.”

The naming of the Athletic Hall of Fame was part of a series of events leading up to Coastal Carolina University’s 50th-anniversary festivities in 2004.

Sasser was inducted in 2003, along with three other Coastal Carolina athletic administrators and student-athletes, in the inaugural class of the Big South Conference Hall of Fame. Sasser served as the Big South commissioner from 1989-1996 and had two stints as Coastal Carolina director of athletics (1986-1989 and 1996-1999). While Big South commissioner, Sasser was responsible for increasing membership, gaining automatic bids to the NCAA Basketball Tournament, and adding basketball

television exposure for the League. The Commissioner’s Cup award, which goes to the institution with the best overall athletic performance for that year, was renamed the Sasser Cup in his honor.

He served on the University’s Football Advisory Committee and on the capital campaign steering committee for Coastal Carolina’s Brooks Stadium.

A native of Conway, Sasser served as athletic director and head football coach at Conway High School from 1963 to 1970, leading the Tigers to a 6617-5 record. He was an assistant football coach and assistant athletic director at Appalachian State University from 1972 until 1977 and was athletic director and head football coach from 1977 until 1982 at Wofford College, where he was named 1982 Kodak Coach of the Year for the college division. He joined East Tennessee State in 1982 as head football coach and was named athletic director in 1985. Sasser was Coastal Carolina University’s director of athletics from 1986 until 1989 when he accepted the position of commissioner of the Big South Conference. He returned to the University as athletic director in 1996 and retired in 1999. For his distinguished career in athletics, Sasser was inducted into the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016.

HaLL of fame memBers

SASSER ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME MEMBERS

1991

Dr. Edward M. Singleton (Honorary)

Violet Meade (Honorary)

Walter Hamrick (Honorary)

Jimmy Johnson (Honorary) Dan Selwa (Honorary) Howard White (Men’s Basketball)

1992

Catherine Nance (Women’s Basketball) E. Cater Floyd (Honorary) 1993

Sherry Barnhill (Women’s Basketball)

Kirt Manwaring (Baseball)

Tony Whittington (Men’s Basketball) 1994

Mickey Brantley (Baseball) 1995 Craig Hawley (Men’s Tennis)

1996 Donald Clement (Men’s Golf)

1997

Sigurdur Sveinbjornsson (Men’s Soccer)

1998

Holly Bottar (Women’s Basketball)

Tom Romano (Baseball) Terry Spires (Baseball) John Vrooman (Honorary/ Baseball Coach)

1999

Tony Dunkin (Men’s Basketball) Michelle Hall (Softball)

Randy Stokes (Baseball)

2000

Mark Clemons (Baseball)

Claude Huggins (Men’s Soccer)

Matt Logue (Baseball) Michelle Minton (Softball)

2001

Robert Dowdell (Men’s Basketball)

Sara Graziano (Softball) Sherry Johnson (Softball) Mark Romer (Baseball)

2002 Luis Lopez (Baseball) Ross Moore (Men’s Soccer) Neil Payne (Men’s Soccer) Valentine Stumpf (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

2003 Catherine Conder (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

Tomas Malik (Men’s Tennis)

Buddy Sasser (Honorary) Wayne White (Honorary)

2004

Jessica Falca (Softball)

Guy Norcott (Men’s Soccer)

Angela Murphy (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

Dr. Edgar Dyer (Honorary)

2005

Brad Hastings (Men’s Golf)

Neal Robinson (Men’s Soccer)

Kevin Schnall (Baseball)

2006

Dr. Ronald R. Ingle (Honorary) Sarah Lockett (Softball)

Scott Sturkie (Baseball)

Jolene Williams (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

2007 Emma Kidd (Women’s Tennis)

Brooke Weisbrod (Women’s Basketball)

2008

Brandon Powell (Baseball)

Holly Lee (Softball)

2009 Steven Carter (Baseball)

Amber Campbell (Women’s Track and Field)

Joseph Ngwenya (Men’s Soccer)

Dr. Richard Ward (Honorary)

2010 Medina Bajrambasic Walsh (Women’s Tennis)

Adam Keim (Baseball)

Terah Kipchiris (Men’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

Jeanne Lambert (Volleyball)

Justin Owens (Baseball)

Rafael Vera (Men’s Golf)

2011

Jess Dannelly (Honorary/Softball Coach)

Tyler Hughes (Men’s Soccer)

Mark Johnson (Men’s Track and Field)

Ryan McGraw (Baseball)

Cari Rowe Rosiek (Softball)

2012

Mike Costanzo (Baseball)

Dustin Johnson (Men’s Golf)

Meagan Johnson (Softball)

Anne Marie Moutsinga (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

Maurice Simpkins (Football)

Quinton Teal (Football)

2013

Ashleigh Gunning (Women’s Soccer)

Patrick Hall (Football)

Chasity Johnson (Women’s Track and Field) Jack Leasure (Men’s Basketball)

2014

Alan Connie (Honorary/Head Coach) Josh Hoke (Football)

Diana Jepchirchir Mendes (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

Thomas Jordan (Men’s Track and Field) Tyler Thigpen (Football)

2015 Zack Byrd (Men’s Golf) Joseph Harris (Men’s Basketball)

2016 Ron Deubel (Baseball)

Aruca Felgueroso (Women’s Golf)

Tommy La Stella (Baseball)

Tyler McCart (Men’s Track and Field)

Blair Monroe (Women’s Soccer) David Sappelt (Baseball)

2017 David Anderson (Baseball)

Marie Matrka (Women’s Tennis)

Anthony Meo (Baseball) Josh Norman (Football) Frank Taloota (Baseball)

2018 Brittany Henderson (Women’s Golf)

Jose Iglesias (Baseball)

Chelsy Kimes (Volleyball)

Erica Peake (Women’s Track and Field)

Sebastian Soderberg (Men’s Golf)

Mike Tolbert (Football)

Cody Wheeler (Baseball)

Alan LeForce (Honorary)

Williams “Bill” Edmonds (Honorary)

2019

Jessica Alexander (Women’s Golf)

Daniel Bowman (Baseball)

Rico Noel (Baseball) Lauren Yates (Softball)

2020 Quinn Backus (Football) Lorenzo Taliaferro (Football) Letitia Saayman (Women’s Cross Country/ Track and Field)

2021 2016 NCAA College World Series Championship Baseball Team

Mike Morrison (Baseball) Connor Owings (Baseball)

Michael Paez (Baseball) Zach Remillard (Baseball) G.K. Young (Baseball) Alex Ross (Football)

2022

Dr. David A. DeCenzo, Ph. D. (Honorary/President)

David Bennett (Honorary/Head Coach) Joe Moglia (Honorary/Head Coach) Andrew Beckwith (Baseball)

Ikeiylah Brown (Women’s Track & Field) Alex Cunningham (Baseball) Dock Doyle (Baseball) Jason Flanagan (Men’s Track & Field)

De’Angelo Henderson (Football)

Taylor Motter (Baseball) Lena Schaeffner (Women’s Golf)

the sun Belt Conference began a new chapter in its history on Friday, July 1, as it officially welcomed James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss to its 14-member conference.

“We are excited to officially welcome James Madison, Marshall, Old Dominion, and Southern Miss as members of the Sun Belt Conference,” said Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Keith Gill. “This expansion to 14 members—and the regional rivalries it produces—makes the 2022-23 academic year one of the most anticipated in Sun Belt history and signals the bright future that lies ahead for the conference.”

Since its move to the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) in 2001, the Sun Belt Conference (SBC) has established itself as a leader among intercollegiate athletic leagues, earning national acclaim. 2020, however, was a breakout year:

• The SBC accumulated an fBs-leading 21 non-conference wins in 2020, including a 3-0 record against Big 12 opponents.

• two teams (Coastal Carolina and Louisiana) finished in the final AP Poll, Coaches Poll, and College Football Playoff Rankings for the first time in conference history.

• The Sun Belt led the fBs in turnover margin, turnovers gained, and fewest penalties per game.

• The league paced the group of five in 14 statistical categories, including yards per play and points per possession.

• And the Sun Belt had 15 student athletes combine for 38 all-america nods, headlined by consensus All-American defensive end Tarron Jackson of Coastal Carolina, a sixth-round NFL Draft pick by the Philadelphia Eagles.

At no time has the Sun Belt’s athletic success been more visible. Over the course of the past five football seasons, the conference has posted an FBSleading .692 winning percentage in bowl games. The Sun Belt is 18-8 in bowl appearances over this five-year stretch.

In addition to the conference’s accomplishments on the football field during 2020, the conference boasted a 135 percent increase in TV viewership, with seven of the conference’s games surpassing 1 million viewers.

As racial injustices continued to plague the United States, the conference launched BE THE CHANGE during the summer of 2020 - focusing attention on American civil rights, promoting civic engagement, and creating dialogue with law enforcement. The conference also established and encouraged its teams and fans to visit the Sun Belt Conference Civil Rights Trail, which highlights historic sites and landmarks found in the geographic footprint of its member schools.

The Sun Belt sponsors 18 NCAA sports and annually awards nearly $134 million in financial aid to more than 4,600 student-athletes.

THE SUN BELT’S 14-MEMBER INSTITUTIONS INCLUDE:

• App State

• Arkansas State

• Coastal Carolina

• Georgia Southern

• Georgia State

• James Madison

• Louisiana

• ULM

• Marshall

• Old Dominion

• South Alabama

• Southern Miss

• Texas State

• Troy

Coastal Carolina university is a comprehensive, public liberal arts institution in Conway, S.C., that offers 95 major fields of study toward the baccalaureate degree, 27 master’s degree programs, two educational specialist degrees, and two Ph.D. programs.

More than 10,400 students from across the country and around the world engage with a world-class faculty, and they all enjoy an inspiring cultural calendar and a tradition of community interaction fueled by more than 180 student organizations.

The 19 Coastal Carolina athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA as members of the Sun Belt Conference. The University’s mascot is the Chanticleer, a proud, fierce, and quick-thinking rooster derived from Geoffrey Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” The football, lacrosse, softball, and baseball teams compete in the TD Sports Complex, which houses the award-winning Springs Brooks Baseball Stadium. The Chanticleer baseball team won the College World Series in 2016, the University’s first national championship.

The University comprises 115 main buildings on 621 acres, including the General James Hackler Golf Course, a public 18-hole golf facility adjacent to campus.

Coastal Carolina University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the baccalaureate, master’s, and doctoral degrees.

MISSION

Coastal Carolina university is a public comprehensive liberal arts institution that seeks to develop students who are both knowledgeable in their chosen fields and prepared to be productive, responsible, healthy citizens with a global perspective. To deliver on this commitment, Coastal Carolina recruits highly qualified and motivated students, faculty, and staff from the region, state, nation, and world to create a diverse and dynamic student-centered learning environment.

Because Coastal Carolina embraces the teacher-scholar model, it places primary emphasis on high-quality teaching and engaged learning, and it supports faculty research, creative activities, and expert collaboration in the community, state, nation, and world. This focus enables faculty and staff to mentor students in collaborative research, creative opportunities, and internships. To nurture this active learning community, Coastal Carolina maintains a broad range of contemporary technologies, programming, support services, and innovative course offerings and delivery methods. The result is alumni who are well prepared for professional careers or graduate programs in their chosen fields and who continue to be connected to Coastal Carolina.

Inspired by its founding in 1954 to serve the educational needs of the region, Coastal Carolina has a tradition of a strong liberal arts core. As such, Coastal Carolina commits its resources to building undergraduate and graduate degree programs of national and/or regional significance in the arts and sciences, business, humanities, education, and health and human services. Coastal Carolina fully embraces its leadership role as a regional center of economic and intellectual resources, lifelong learning, cultural and recreational opportunities, and athletic programs.

As Coastal Carolina executes this mission, it recognizes its responsibility to be a role model to the community by assuring fair and honest treatment of people with whom it interacts and sustainable stewardship of resources entrusted to it; adopting the highest standards of integrity and accountability; and committing itself to excellence through continuous assessment and improvement.

Update adopted by the Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees on July 19, 2014. Update approved by the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education on Feb. 5, 2015.

MICHAEL T. BENSON

THE THIRD PRESIDENT OF COASTAL CAROLINA UNIVERSITY

michael t. Benson, a veteran of higher education administration, became the third president of Coastal Carolina University on Jan. 1, 2021. He also holds the title of professor of history at the University.

Since his arrival, Benson has secured the largest donation in school history: a $10 million gift from Conway Medical Center. The endowed funds support the University’s newest college – the Conway Medical Center College of Health and Human Performance –that opened on July 1, 2022. In May 2022, he led the groundbreaking ceremony for the Thompson Library, a $29.8 million, two-story, 64,000-square-foot facility. Benson established the President’s Council for Sustainability and Coastal Resilience, which is charged with transforming CCU into a more sustainable campus, centering sustainability in the University’s curriculum and student services, and serving the surrounding communities to build toward a sustainable future. He serves as the FBS presidential representative on the NCAA Board of Governors Committee to Promote Cultural Diversity and Equity. In Spring 2022, he taught an upper-level course: History of the American University.

Benson is president emeritus at Eastern Kentucky University, where he served as the 13th president from 2013 to 2020. Prior to EKU, Benson was the 15th president of Southern Utah University. He helped secure SUU’s designation as the state’s public liberal arts and sciences university;

established the Hispanic Center for Academic Excellence; gained admission into the Big Sky Conference for all athletic teams; and directed the development and implementation of SUU’s largest comprehensive fundraising effort, which raised a record $105 million.

Benson also served for five years as the 14th president of Snow College in Ephraim, Utah, where he helped raise more private money for the institution during his tenure than had been secured in the previous 115 years of the college’s history combined. Appointed at age 36, Benson was the youngest college president in the history of the Utah System of Higher Education.

His scholarly work has focused on the development of the research university and its impact on society. Benson’s upcoming book, Daniel Coit Gilman and the Birth of the American Research University, will be released by Johns Hopkins University Press in Fall 2022.

Benson is regularly sought after for public speeches and appearances. He was a featured contributor to the Huffington Post for five years; has written articles for The Jerusalem Post, Lexington Herald-Leader, Louisville Courier Journal, The Kansas City Star, Deseret News, and The Salt Lake Tribune, among others; and appeared on ESPN’s The Paul Finebaum Show.

Born in Utah and raised in Texas and Indiana,

Benson has worked and studied abroad for seven years in Italy, England, and Israel. He graduated cum laude with a bachelor’s degree in political science and double minors in English and history from Brigham Young University in 1990. He completed his doctorate in modern history from the University of Oxford (St. Antony’s College) in 1995, where he was a Rotary Foundation Scholar and recipient of the Oxford Graduate Overseas Fellowship. He also earned a master’s degree cum laude in nonprofit administration in 2011 from the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business, where he was the recipient of the prestigious Father Theodore Hesburgh Founder’s Award. Benson graduated with a Master of Liberal Arts from Johns Hopkins University in August 2021.

An accomplished athlete, Benson played basketball at both BYU and Oxford, and his best marathon time – 2 hours and 41 minutes – won his age division in the St. George (Utah) Marathon, one of the largest marathons in the U.S. He also finished among the top 15% of all runners in the 1984 Boston Marathon.

Benson and his wife, Debi, are the parents of three children – Truman, Tatum, and Talmage. He also has two older children from a previous marriage. Emma graduated from Brigham Young University and is a TV anchor in Idaho Falls, Idaho; and Samuel is a senior majoring in sociology and Spanish at BYU.

Board of trustees

Coastal Carolina University Board of Trustees

In 1993, the South Carolina General Assembly passed legislation establishing Coastal Carolina University as an independ ent public institution, effective July 1, 1993.

The legislation established the governing body of Coastal Carolina University, the Board of Trustees, which by statute is responsible for overseeing the effective governance of the University. The Board of Trustees defines the mission, role, and scope of the University, establishes the general policies of the University, approves the budget, and provides accountability to the public and the General Assembly.

The University’s 17-member Board of Trustees comprises the governor of the state or his or her designee, who is an ex officio member of the Board, one gubernatorial appointee from the state at-large, and 15 members elected by the South Carolina General Assembly to represent each of the state’s Congressional Districts and the state at-large.

The Board of Trustees holds regular meet ings four times each year. The University’s first Board of Trustees met on July 1, 1993.

Board of Trustees

The Honorable Henry McMaster, Governor of South Carolina

Ex Officio

H. Delan Stevens ’79, Chair

Natasha M. Hannah ’94, Vice Chair

Patrick Sparks ’95, Secretary/Treasurer

John H. Bartell Jr.

Lee A. Belcher ’08

William S. Biggs

Lisa Davis

Dalton B. Floyd Jr.

Joe N. Jarrett Jr.

Sherry I. Johnson ’96

Mark S. Kelley

George E. Mullen

Bradley J. Poston ’07, ’16

Jason M. Repak ’07

Oran P. Smith

Eugene C. Spivey ’91

William E. Turner III ’97

President’s Cabinet

The President’s Cabinet is a group of senior level administrators representing all areas of Coastal Carolina University. These individuals serve as executive-level support to the University president and generally meet every two weeks. This is a non-voting body.

Michael T. Benson University President

Daniel J. Ennis

Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs/Provost

David A. Frost

Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration/Chief Financial Officer

Matthew L. Hogue

Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics and University Recreation

Carlos Johnson

Senior Vice President/University Counsel

Christopher A. Johnson

Chief Executive Officer

Coastal Educational Foundation

Travis E. Overton

Vice President for Executive Initiatives/ Chief of Staff

Diane Sanders

Vice President for Advancement and Alumni Engagement

Yvonne Hernandez Friedman Vice President for Student Affairs

Thomas A. Korczara

Vice President for Human Resources and Equal Opportunity

JOE MOGLIA

CHAIR OF ATHLETICS / EXECUTIVE ADVISER FOR THE PRESIDENT

Joe moglia is the Chair of the Coastal Carolina Athletics Division, the Executive for Football, and serves as an Executive Advisor to the President. He is also the former CEO and Chairman of TD Ameritrade and Chairman of Fundamental Global Investors and Capital Wealth Advisors.

In 1984, Moglia was one of 26 people who entered the MBA Training Program at Merrill Lynch - 25 MBA’s and one football coach. By 1988, he was the number one producer in the world. By the time he left, he had been a member of both the Institutional and Private Client Executive Committees, and his final responsibilities were all Investment Products, the Insurance Company, the 401(k) Business, and the Middle Market Business. Prior to that, he was the head of Global Fixed Income Institutional Sales and ran the firm’s Municipal division.

In the business world, he was at Merrill Lynch for 17 years before becoming the CEO at TD Ameritrade in 2001.

From when he became the CEO of TD Ameritrade in 2001, and when he stepped

down in 2008, shareholders had enjoyed a 500 percent return. In 2009, he became chairman and stepped down in 2020 when TD Ameritrade was acquired by Charles Schwab. At close, the combined company was worth $100 BILLION with client assets of $7 TRILLION. When Moglia arrived, those numbers were $700 million and $24 billion.

He has served on the Boards of AXA Financial (2002-2011) and the Chicago Board Options Exchange (1997-2002).

Moglia has received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor and the Sharp Trophy for Leadership. He has been honored by the National Italian American Foundation, UNICO, the Columbus Citizens Foundation, the Irish Arts Center, the American Institute for Stuttering and the Stuttering Association for the Young.

He has been inducted into NINE Halls of Fame, is a member of the National Economics Honor Society and is the recipient of three Honorary Doctorates. Joe has already had a book written about his life, and he is also the only person to publish books on both football and investing,

including “The Key to Winning Football: The Perimeter Attack Offense” (1981) and “Coach Yourself to Financial Success: Winning the Investment Game” (2005), while contributing to numerous national football coaching journals. He is currently writing a book on leadership.

He has also been a keynote speaker at the 2011 American Football Coaches Association (“It’s About Being a Leader”) and 2010 National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (“Leadership in a 24/7 Stress Filled Environment”).

He has served on the board of several not-for-profits and educational organizations, including STRATCOM Consultation Committee, Creighton University, Fordham Preparatory School, National Italian American Foundation, Omaha Chamber of Commerce, and Boy Scouts of America.

Moglia graduated from Fordham University with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1971, earning dean’s list recognition, and acceptance into Omicron Delta Epsilon (National Economic Honor Society). He went on to receive his Master

of Science degree in education from the University of Delaware in 1974 and holds honorary doctorate degrees from Fordham University (humane letters), Bellevue University (commerce), and Bentley University (commercial science).

Moglia was a football coach for 25 years, but it was certainly not a traditional 25 years. He began his career as a coach for 16 years, moved to the business world for more than 20, and returned back to coaching in 2009.

Before entering the business world, Moglia was a football coach for 16 years where he won two Ivy League championships as the defensive coordinator at Dartmouth (1982-83), set defensive and special teams’ records at Lafayette (1978-80), and turned around two high school programs.

A five-time National Coach of the Year finalist and the 2015 Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year Award winner, Moglia stepped down as the head coach of the Coastal Carolina University football program on Jan. 18, 2019, after more than 25 years as a football coach, including six seasons on the sidelines in Conway, S.C., posting an overall record of 56-22.

He is the real-life inspiration for the Monty Burke book, “4th & Goal: One Man’s Quest to Recapture His Dream,” and garnered national media attention by the likes of Fox News, CNBC, MSNBC, FoxSports.com, ESPN Gameday, ESPN.com Grantland Series, Associated Press, 60 Minutes Sports (Showtime), The Sports Network, Yahoo.com, Yahoo!Sports.com, Esquire, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, and CNNRadio.com.

Yes, his story of leaving his first love of coaching to enter and later conquer the business world only to return to coaching is interesting. However, what ultimately proved to be the most compelling aspect of the move were the results.

MOGLIA AS A HEAD COACH

The former head coach of the United Football League’s Omaha Nighthawks, Moglia was hired as the head football coach

at Coastal Carolina University on Dec. 19, 2011. He concluded his six seasons on the sidelines in Conway with an overall record of 56-22.

Moglia was a national coach of the year finalist in each of his first three seasons — finishing runner-up in 2014, before winning the Eddie Robinson FCS National Coach of the Year in his fourth year (2015). He was also the Big South Coach of the Year twice (2012 and 2014) and the American Football Coaches Association Region 2 Coach of the Year once (2014). In 2017, he was inducted into and received the Vince Lombardi Hall of Fame Award for his career. He was also awarded the 2015 South Carolina Football Hall of Fame Humanitarian award.

After a 29-28 overall record, including going just 1-9 versus the two best teams in the Big South, over the five years prior to Moglia, the Chanticleers went a combined 51-15 over his first five years at the helm of the program, including winning four conference championships (2012, 2013, 2014, and 2016*) and qualifying for the NCAA Football Championship Playoffs all five seasons.

During that span, the Chanticleers finished each year ranked in the top 25 nationally and ranked as high as the No. 1 team in the country in both 2014 and 2015.

CCU also won the program’s first-ever postseason game in 2012, won a leaguerecord 12 games and reached the NCAA quarterfinals in 2013, and went on to match both those feats the following season in 2014. The Chants were ranked No. 1 in the FCS for eight straight weeks in 2015 and went 10-2 in 2016, their first year in the transition to the FBS level.

He coached five Walter Payton/FCS National Offensive Player of the Year finalists, four Buck Buchanan/FCS National Defensive Player of the year finalists, 33 AllAmericans, and the 2014 FCS Athletic Director’s Association Top Collegiate Linebacker in Quinn Backus.

While Moglia is like most coaches in putting a true emphasis on the three phases of the game — offense, defense, and

special teams — his outside-the-box thinking on how to achieve this goal with his staff was visionary. On that level, he has just one standard “Be A Man” — better known as “BAM” — where his student-athletes are expected to “stand on their own two feet, take responsibility for their actions, always treat others with dignity and respect, and recognize they will live with the consequences of their actions.”

Niccolo Mastromatteo received the 2013 National Football Foundation National Scholar-Athlete Award and was a postgraduate scholarship recipient; Alex Ross was named 2015 CoSIDA Division I Academic All-America; 10 players earned CoSIDA Academic All-District honors; and 14 received a spot on the National Football Foundation Hampshire Honor Society.

In 2017, Coach Moglia’s program was recognized, along with Northwestern, by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame with 18 players seeking a second degree, the most graduates of any school nationally. Over his tenure, almost 50 players pursued their graduate studies while still eligible.

In his first season in 2012, Moglia led Coastal Carolina to an 8-5 record overall, a 5-1 league mark and a share of the 2012 Big South championship. The Chanticleers earned the league’s automatic bid to the NCAA Division I FCS Championship, where he directed the program to its first win in the NCAA playoffs and led CCU to a ranking of 24th in both of the final national polls.

Coastal made huge strides across the board in his first season. One of the biggest was Coastal going from 100th nationally in yards penalized and 90th in the number of penalties to leading the Big South and ranking 17th nationally in fewest penalty yards and 18th in fewest penalties per game. Offensively in Moglia’s first year, the team went from 90th to 18th nationally in total offense. While on defense, linebacker Quinn Backus was named an All-American and the Big South Defensive Player of the Year. In addition, Coastal’s special teams truly became a weapon, safely converting

five two-point conversions with Niccolo Mastromatteo and Tre Henderson each ranking 13th nationally in punt and kick returns, respectively. A total of 12 all-Big South honors were bestowed upon Moglia’s players in his first season including first-team picks.

His second season was even more spectacular in 2013. The Chanticleers, ranked as high as No. 3 during the season, posted a 12-3 record overall, and went 4-1 in the Big South to win a second Big South title. Coastal won two playoff games, including victories versus No. 12 Bethune-Cookman at home and an improbable 42-35 win at No. 4 Montana before falling to top-ranked North Dakota State in the FCS quarterfinals and finishing ranked seventh in both national polls. At season’s end, CCU set 25 individual and 23 team single-season records while establishing 17 Big South offensive team seasons records.

In 2013, Coastal Carolina defeated four conference champions and was 4-2 against teams in the final national polls. Coastal Carolina led the Big South in 12 categories while ranking among the NCAA FCS top 10 in fewest tackles for loss allowed (1st), fewest blocked punts allowed (t-1st), red zone offense (3rd), third-down conversions (2nd), fourthdown conversions (2nd), scoring offense (5th), first downs (5th), fewest fumbles lost (7th), rushing offense (8th), and passing efficiency (8th).

Individually, Backus not only repeated as the Big South Defensive Player of the Year, but he was also a consensus AllAmerican and a finalist for the Buck Buchanan National Defensive Player of the Year Award. The honors did not stop there. Running back Lorenzo Taliaferro was also a consensus All-American as well as the Big South Offensive Player of the Year, and a finalist for the Walter Payton National Player of the Year Award. Taliaferro and Matt Hazel went on to represent CCU in the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Bowl, both were invited to the NFL Combine in Indianapolis, and

they became the first pair of Big South teammates to be drafted in the same year – Taliaferro in the fourth round and Hazel in the sixth. In addition, LaDarius Hawthorne was tabbed the Big South Special Teams Player of the Year; Jamey Cheatwood earned All-American honors; Mastromatteo was one of 16 college football players (all divisions) to earn an $18,000 postgraduate scholarship from the National Football Foundation and College Football Hall of Fame; and a total of 16 Chanticleers earned All-Big South recognition.

Year three was even more impressive. The Chants (12-2, 4-1) won their first 11 games and were ranked No. 1 in the nation the final two weeks of the regular season in 2014. Coastal was a No. 7 national seed, earning a first-round bye to the NCAA FCS Championship and defeated nationally-ranked Richmond to advance to the NCAA quarterfinals for the second-straight season. Coastal led defending and eventual national champion North Dakota State in the fourth quarter before falling to the Bison. Moglia helped CCU establish league records by winning 11-straight games to start the season, winning seven road games in one season and starting a season at least 9-0 in consecutive years. Coastal’s 24 wins in 2013 and 2014 were the second-best total in the nation, trailing only North Dakota State.

In 2015, Coastal won its first eight games and was ranked No. 1 in the nation for eight consecutive weeks. The Chants once again earned a berth to the NCAA postseason and hosted a first-round contest. For this and his many contributions, Moglia won the 2015 Eddie Robinson Award as the nation’s top FCS coach and was selected the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame’s Humanitarian of the Year.

In addition to leading CCU to a No. 1 ranking for eight weeks and his individual honors in 2015, Moglia coached AllAmericans De’Angelo Henderson and Devin Brown, while Alex Ross was named

both CoSIDA Academic All-America and American Football Coaches Association All-America. Coastal once again did well in the Big South year-end individual honors as Henderson was the Offense Player of the Year, Brown the Special Teams Player of the Year, and Ross the Scholar-Athlete of the Year. In fact, Ross, who owns nearly every CCU passing and total offense record, became the first Big South player to be a three-time first-team All-Big South selection as well as being the first player to be both a Player of the Year and a Scholar-Athlete of the Year.

The 2016 season was unusual, as Coastal was in the first year in its transition from the FCS to the FBS. The Chants played the season as an FCS independent (not a member of a conference nor eligible for the NCAA postseason) and played a full FCS schedule. Coastal went 10-2, with both losses coming to FCS top 10 programs, and finished the year ranked 18th in the national poll. However, CCU did play most of its previous rivals and went 5-1 versus former league foes to be coconference champions*. Also, with Coastal’s strong resume and being ranked No. 11 in the NCAA’s SRS (a tool to help pick the NCAA field for the national championship), the Chanticleers would make its fifth postseason appearance*.

The 2016 season saw both Henderson (Walter Payton Award) and Alex Scearce (Buck Buchanan Award) be finalists for their respective national Player of the Year honors. Henderson, Scearce and Voghens Larrieux each earned allAmerican honors. Henderson, who set an NCAA Division I record by scoring a touchdown in 35-consecutive games, went on to be a sixth-round pick by the Denver Broncos.

After five seasons on the sidelines at CCU, on July 28, 2017, Moglia announced he would take a five-month medical sabbatical and Jamey Chadwell was named interim head coach. Following a one-year hiatus from the

sidelines in 2017, Moglia resumed his coaching duties on Jan. 5, 2018.

In only their second full season as an FBS and Sun Belt Conference member, the Chanticleers exceeded preseason expectations going 5-7 overall, including posting the program’s first-ever wins over UAB (47-24), Campbell (58-21), Louisiana (30-28), and Georgia State (37-34).

The Chants’ offense led the Sun Belt and ranked in the top 25 nationally in rushing yards per game, red zone offense, time of possession, first downs, and both third and fourth-down conversion percentage for much of the season in 2018, and finished the year ranked second in the league and in the top 10 nationally in fewest penalties, fewest penalties per game, and fewest penalty yards.

Three players in Jeffrey Gunter (first team), Massimo Biscardi (third team), and Tarron Jackson (third team) were named Sun Belt All-Conference, while four other Chants in Malcolm Williams, Trey Carter, Silas Kelly, and Connor Kubala earned honorable mention honors. Gunter was recognized as a finalist for the 2018 Blanchard-Rogers Award (South Carolina’s Heisman), an award that goes out to the most outstanding collegiate player of the year that has South Carolina ties by the South Carolina Football Hall of Fame (SCFHOF), while Biscardi was tabbed a semifinalist for the Lou Groza National Collegiate Place-Kicker Award presented annually to college football’s top place-kicker.

Moglia, who coached the “Stars Team” at the 2011 Eastham Energy College All-Star Game, coached the Nighthawks in the third year of the UFL’s existence in 2011. Moglia’s team led the UFL in passing offense, sacks, tackles for loss, punt returns, and blocked kicks. Also, the Nighthawks produced the 2011 UFL Defensive Player of the Year, Stuart Schweigert. Moglia joined an elite roster of UFL head coaches including Dennis Green, Jim Fassel, Marty Schottenheimer, and Jerry Glanville.

From 2009-10, Moglia served as executive advisor to the head football coach at the University of Nebraska in preparation for achieving his original lifelong pursuit, being a collegiate head football coach. In his two seasons at Nebraska, the Cornhuskers won two Big 12 North championships and played in the Holiday Bowl each season. In 2010, Cornhusker football student-athletes elected Moglia to receive Nebraska’s prestigious U.S. Grant Sharp Admiral’s Trophy for Leadership and Service.

MATT HOGUE

VICE PRESIDENT OF INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS AND UNIVERSITY RECREATION

matt Hogue is the vice president of intercollegiate athletics and university recreation for Coastal Carolina University, a title change he received in April 2021.

Hogue was recently named the 2020-21 Athletics Director of the Year by The National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA)—one of only four recipients of this award at the FBS level. He was one of 28 winners across seven divisions (NCAA FBS, FCS, Division I-AAA, II, III, NAIA/Other Four-Year Institutions, and Junior College/Community Colleges).

The ADOY Award highlights the efforts of athletics directors at all levels for their commitment and positive contributions to student-athletes, campuses, and their surrounding communities.

He is also a member of the NCAA Division I baseball selection committee, representing Coastal Carolina and the Sun Belt Conference since August 2020. Hogue was named the director of athletics at Coastal Carolina University on Feb. 27, 2015, after serving as the interim director of athletics since March 2014. Since Hogue took over as the director of athletics at Coastal Carolina University in 2015, the CCU athletic teams have won 14 conference regularseason championships, as well as 17 conference tournament championships. The baseball team also won the department’s first-ever National Championship in 2016.

Individually, the Chanticleers had their first-ever individual NCAA Division I National Champion in Melissa Jefferson, who won the 60-meter dash at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships in Feb. 2022. Jefferson, along with fellow track & field runner Mekenze Kelley, both went on to make history for the Coastal Carolina athletics department, as both were crowned U.S. Track & Field National Champions in the 100-meters and 400meters at the 2022 Toyota USA Track Outdoor Championships and 2022 USA Track & Field U20 Championships, respectively, in the summer of 2022.

Hogue, who has a long-time association with Coastal athletics, previously served as CCU’s associate vice president of marketing.

Hogue joined Coastal in 1997 and has served in several different roles in

the Department of Athletics and in the Office of University Communication, where he led CCU’s marketing and trademark licensing efforts.

Hogue is best known for his 17-year stint as the “Voice of the Chanticleers” on the Chanticleer Sports Network, providing live game broadcasts, features, and weekly programs about CCU athletics.

In 2013, Hogue was named a finalist for the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NSSA) Sportscaster of the Year for the state of South Carolina. He has edited a book entitled “Chanticleer Athletics: Fifty Years of Excellence” with other CCU contributors and dedicated the book to Edward M. “Dick” Singleton, former chancellor of the university. Partial proceeds from the book benefited the Edward M. Singleton Scholar-Athlete Award scholarship at CCU.

As the “Voice of the Chanticleers”, Hogue managed, produced, and coordinated the Chanticleer Sports Network. His colorful, exciting calls were synonymous with Chanticleer Athletics.

A 25-year broadcast veteran, Hogue built a diverse play-by-play resume that includes stints with USC’s Gamecock Radio Network, Minor League Baseball, and appearances on regional TV, including Fox Sports Net, SportSouth, and ESPN properties. He also served as the broadcast voice of the Big South Conference’s basketball TV package.

In his role as associate vice president of marketing, Hogue was charged with developing marketing strategies and advertising for University recruitment, academic, and specialty programs, as well as directing and monitoring the University’s trademark licensing program.

Previously, he served as the associate athletic director for enhanced media and assistant athletics director for marketing. He began his career at Coastal Carolina as the assistant sports information director.

Hogue earned his baccalaureate degree from the University of South Carolina and completed his MBA from Winthrop University. He and his wife, Laura, live in Conway with their daughters Rachel and Caroline.