Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
	2024–25 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team
University	Coastal Carolina University
Head coach	Justin Gray (1st season)
Conference	Sun Belt
Location	Conway, South Carolina
Arena	HTC Center ; (capacity: 3,600)
Nickname	Chanticleers
Colors	Teal, bronze, and black;
Uniforms
NCAA tournament appearances
	1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
Conference tournament champions
	1990, 1991, 1993, 2014, 2015
Conference regular season champions
	1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 2010, 2011, 2014
Conference division season champions
	2021

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team is the men's basketball team that represents Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Sun Belt Conference. Tony Dunkin, a former Chanticleer, is the only men's basketball player in NCAA Division I history to be named the conference player of the year all four seasons he played. Coastal Carolina has appeared four times in the NCAA Tournament, most recently in 2015.

Postseason history

Coastal Carolina has competed in the NCAA tournament four times and have a record of 0–4. In 1991, the Chanticleers were a 15-seed and lost 79–69 to Indiana. In 1993, the team was a 16-seed and lost 84–53 to Michigan; Michigan later vacated the victory.^[2] The Chanticleers next appeared in 2014, as a 16-seed, losing to first-seed Virginia, 70–59. In 2015, after beating Winthrop 81–70 for the Big South championship,^[3] the team made their second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance. Again a 16-seed, the Chanticleers lost to eventual tournament runner-up Wisconsin, 86–72.

The Chanticleers have also appeared in two National Invitation Tournaments, where they have a record of 0–2, two CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournaments, where they have a record of 3–2, and one College Basketball Invitational, where they have a record of 4–2.

NCAA tournament results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1991	First Round	(2) Indiana	L 69–79
1993	First Round	(1) Michigan	L 53–84*
2014	First Round	(1) Virginia	L 59–70
2015	First Round	(1) Wisconsin	L 72–86

*Michigan's win later vacated.
Note: From 2011 to 2015, the tournament's First Round consisted of the First Four play-in games.

National Invitation Tournament results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2010	First Round	(2) UAB	L 49–65
2011	First Round	(1) Alabama	L 44–68

CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament results

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2012	First Round	Old Dominion	L 66–68
2016	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Mercer New Hampshire Grand Canyon UC Irvine	W 65–57 W 71–62 W 60–58 L 47–66

College Basketball Invitational results

The Chanticleers have appeared in the College Basketball Invitational three times. Their combined record is 8–4.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2017	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals–Game 1 Finals–Game 2 Finals–Game 3	Hampton Loyola (MD) UIC Wyoming Wyoming Wyoming	W 83–67 W 72–63 W 89–78 W 91–81 L 57–81 L 59–83
2019	First Round Quarterfinals Semifinals	Howard West Virginia DePaul	W 81–72 W 109–91 L 87–92
2021	First Round Semifinals Finals	Bryant Stetson Pepperdine	W 93–82 W 77-72^OT L 61–84

The Basketball Classic results

The Chanticleers have appeared in The Basketball Classic one time. Their record is 3-1.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2022	First Round Second Round Semifinals Championship	Maryland Eastern Shore Florida Gulf Coast South Alabama Fresno State	W 66-42 W 84-68 W 69-68 OT L 74-85

Current coaching staff

Name	Position
Justin Gray	Head basketball coach
Jayson Gee	Associate head coach / Chief of Staff
Ryne Lightfoot	Associate head coach / Defensive Coordinator
Kyle Taylor	Assistant coach / Offensive Coordinator
Zack Freesman	Assistant coach / Recruiting Coordinator
Cody Cohen	Director of Basketball Logistics and Scouting
Austin Davis	Director of Men's Basketball Performance
Molly Bachand	Director of Basketball Administration