The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer team represents
Coastal Carolina University
Coastal Carolina University (CCU or Coastal) is a public university in Conway, South Carolina. Founded in 1954 as Coastal Carolina Junior College, and later joining the University of South Carolina System as USC Coastal Carolina, it became an in ...
in all
NCAA
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Division I men's
college soccer
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competitions. The team competes in the
Sun Belt Conference
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, following previous tenures in
Conference USA
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and
Big South Conference
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, both of which had been prior conference homes for that ream. During their Big South tenure, the Chanticleers were one of that league's more successful teams, both within the conference and in the NCAA Tournament. In 2003, the Chanticleers became the first Big South team to reach the final sixteen in the tournament.
Despite not having been a Big South member since the 2015 season, the Chanticleers still have the most regular season and tournament championships of any Big South team. The program has won 11 regular season and 12 tournament championships.
The Chanticleers won 4 out of 5 tournament championships during their tenure in Sun Belt men's soccer, with all 4 wins coming against Georgia State.
After the Sun Belt men's soccer league disbanded at the end of the 2020–21 school year, Coastal joined
Conference USA
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(C-USA) for that sport. C-USA was already the men's soccer home of another in-state school,
South Carolina
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, although the latter school's
natural in-conference rival is
Kentucky
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, given that Kentucky and South Carolina are full members of the
Southeastern Conference
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. However, following a major conference realignment in 2021 brought several new men's soccer schools to the Sun Belt, that league announced it would reinstate men's soccer no later than 2023. The SBC later announced it would reinstate soccer in 2022, following the arrival of three new full members with men's soccer teams (
James Madison
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,
Marshall
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Old Dominion
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).
Stadium
Coastal Carolina University Soccer Field is home to CCU's men's and women's soccer programs. In 2003 the facility was the home of the first-ever NCAA Championship event hosted by Coastal Carolina University, as CCU's men's soccer team defeated Davidson, 3–0, in the opening round of the NCAA Men's Soccer Tournament.
Roster
''As of 2019''
Team Management
;Coaching Staff
Head coaching history
List of seasons
Records and statistics
NCAA tournament results
Honors
Big South Conference Coach of the Year
*Paul Banta – 1986, 1987, 1989
*Shaun Docking – 2002, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2012
Big South Conference Player of the Year
*1990 Guy Norcott
*1992 Eric Schmitt
*1999 Mario Benjamin
*2002 Joseph Ngwenya
*2003 Joseph Ngwenya
*2007 Mkhokheli Dube
*2009 Djamel Bekka
Big South Conference Attacking Player of the Year
*2011 Ashton Bennett
*2012 Ashton Bennett
*2013 Pedro Ribeiro
Big South Conference Defensive Player of the Year
*2011 Cyprian Hedrick
*2012 Kjartan Sigurdsson
*2013 Shawn McLaws
Notable alumni
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Joseph Ngwenya
Joseph Ngwenya (born March 30, 1981 in Plumtree) is a Zimbabwean footballer.
Career
College
Ngwenya attended the Mzilikazi High School in Bulawayo, leading them to the 1999 Zimbabwe National High School Championship, before moving to the Uni ...
*
Kheli Dube
*
Mubarike Chisoni
Mubarike "Mamba" Chisoni (born May 10, 1981 in Bulawayo) is a Zimbabwean footballer who last played for Indiana Invaders in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
College and Amateur
Chisoni left his native Zimbabwe in 2001 to attend coll ...
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Jordan Hughes
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Tyler Hughes
Tyler Hughes (born November 5, 1980) is a Canadian former soccer player who played for Victoria Highlanders in the USL Premier Development League.
Career
College
Hughes had a standout career at Coastal Carolina University that saw him earn fou ...
*
Boyzzz Khumalo
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Stu Riddle
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Pedro Ribeiro
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Tommy Rutter
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DZ Harmon
References
External links
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{{Sun Belt Conference men's soccer navbox
Soccer clubs in South Carolina
1978 establishments in South Carolina
Association football clubs established in 1978