2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represents Coastal Carolina University during the 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers, led by first-year head coach Tim Beck, play their home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina as members of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference.

2023 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
Record4–3 (2–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorTravis Trickett (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorCraig Naivar (1st season)
Home stadiumBrooks Stadium
(capacity: 21,000)
2023 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
East Division
No. 25 James Madison*  4 –0   7 –0  
Georgia Southern  3 –1   6 –2  
Old Dominion  3 –1   4 –3  
Georgia State  3 –2   6 –2  
Coastal Carolina  2 –2   4 –3  
Marshall  1 –2   4 –3  
Appalachian State  1 –2   3 –4  
West Division
Texas State  2 –1   5 –2  
Troy  2 –1   5 –2  
South Alabama  2 –1   4 –3  
Louisiana  1 –2   4 –3  
Arkansas State  1 –2   3 –4  
Louisiana–Monroe  0 –4   2 –5  
Southern Miss  0 –4   1 –6  
Championship: December 2, 2023
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
As of October 27, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

Media poll

In the Sun Belt preseason coaches' poll, the Chanticleers were picked to finish in third place in the East division.[1]

Media poll (East division)
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1James Madison78 (4)
2Appalachian State75 (4)
3Coastal Carolina71 (1)
4Marshall68 (1)
5Georgia Southern52 (1)
6Georgia State31
7Old Dominion17

Grayson McCall was named the Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Quarterback Grayson McCall, Wide receivers Jared Brown and Sam Pinckney, and linebacker JT Killen were named to the preseason All-Sun Belt first team. Offensive lineman Will McDonald was named to the second team.[1]

Offseason

Coaching changes

With Chadwell leaving for Liberty, there were several changes to the team's coaching staff. On December 18, 2022, the Chanticleers hired SMU's Craig Naivar as the team's defensive coordinator. At SMU he was their safeties and special teams coach.[2] On January 6, 2023, Travis Trickett was named the team's offensive coordinator and Xavier Dye was named running backs coach. They both had the same roles at South Florida.[3] The same day, Beck made more announcements for his coaching staff. He named Derek Warehime the offensive line coach, Kriss Procter the tight ends coach, Perry Parks the receivers coach, Jimmy Brumbaugh as the defensive line coach, Curtis Fuller the cornerbacks coach, and Josh Miller the outside linebackers and special teams coach. Additionally Quinn Barham was named the director of football speed.[4]

Schedule

The football schedule was announced February 24, 2023.[5]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 210:30 p.m.at UCLA*
ESPNL 13–2743,705
September 97:00 p.m.Jacksonville State*
ESPN+W 30–1616,006
September 167:00 p.m.Duquesne*
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN+W 66–718,116
September 217:30 p.m.Georgia State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPNL 17–3015,248
September 307:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
NFLNL 28–3826,483
October 107:30 p.m.at Appalachian State
ESPN2W 27–2434,252
October 217:00 p.m.at Arkansas State
ESPN+W 27–1718,228
October 286:00 p.m.Marshalldagger
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
NFLN
November 43:30 p.m.at Old Dominion
ESPN+
November 11Texas State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
November 1812:00 p.m.at Army*
CBSSN
November 25James Madison
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC

Rankings
Further information: 2023 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: — = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRV
Coaches—
CFPNot releasedNot released

References
  1. "Sun Belt Announces Football Preseason Awards & Poll". sunbeltsports.org. July 24, 2023. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
  2. Embody, Billy. "BREAKING: Craig Naivar hired by Coastal Carolina as defensive coordinator". on3.com. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  3. Callihan, Schuyler. "Two Former WVU Coaches Hired at Coastal Carolina". Sports Illustarted. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  4. "Coastal Carolina's Tim Beck fills out coaching staff". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
  5. "2023 Coastal Carolina Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
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