HEAD COACH GARY GILMORE

31 Seasons as a Head Coach: 1,227-609-4 25 Seasons at Coastal Carolina: 974-507-2

Career Highlights • 2016 National Coach of the Year (ABCA, NCBWA, Collegiate , D1baseball, HERO Sports, Perfect Game/Rawlings). • Two-time ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005, ‘16). • Nine-time Big South Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2016). • Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2018). • ABCA/NCAA Division II and NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (1993). • Franklin County High School (Va.) Hall of Fame inductee (2019). • Ferrum College Alumni-Sports Hall of Fame inductee (2015). • USC Aiken Athletics Hall of Fame member (2014). • Inducted into the Salem-Roanoke Baseball Hall of Fame (2010). • Enters the 2021 season ranked 25th all-time in NCAA Division I and sixth among all active Division I coaches with 1,227 career wins. at Coastal Carolina (1996-present) • 2016 NCAA Division I National Champions. • 16 NCAA Division I Regional appearances (2001, `02, `03, `04, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, ‘12, `13, ‘15, ‘16, ’18, ‘19). • Advanced to three NCAA Division I Super Regionals (2008, `10, ‘16). • Won 10 Big South regular-season titles (1999, `02, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12, ‘16). • Won 11 Big South championship tournament titles (2001, `02, `03, `04, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12, ‘16). • Won two Sun Belt regular-season titles (2017, ’18). • Won two Sun Belt tournament titles (2018, ‘19). • Has recorded the sixth-most wins in the NCAA since 2001 with 853 victories. at USC Aiken (1990-95) • Advanced to the NCAA Division II College (1993). • Two NCAA Division II tourney appearances (1992, `93). • Won one Peach Belt regular-season title (1994). • Won two Peach Belt tournament titles (1992, `93). Players Awards and Honors: • Andrew Beckwith was named the 2016 Gregg Olson Award winner and the nation’s Male Athlete of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus. • 11 Chants (Kevin Schnall, Mike Costanzo, Chris Raber, David Sappelt, Dock Doyle, Anthony Meo, Jose Iglesias, Tommy La Stella, Tucker Frawley, Connor Owings, and G.K. Young) have either been a finalist or semifinalist for a National . • Coached 36 players to a total of 75 All-American honors. • Coached 13 Freshman All-Americans. • Coached 27 players to a total of 30 all-region/all-district honors, including 2010 NCBWA District IV Player of the Year Anthony Meo. • Andrew Beckwith was voted the 2016 Big South Howard Bagwell Male Athlete of the Year. • Coached the Conference Player of the Year 11 times (Kevin Schnall, Justin Owens, Mike Costanzo--twice, David Sappelt, Dock Doyle, David Anderson, Tommy La Stella, Daniel Bowman, Connor Owings, and Billy Cooke). • Since 2007, coached the Conference of the Year six times (Bobby Gagg, Cody Wheeler, Anthony Meo, Matt Rein, Aaron Burke, and Andrew Beckwith). • Coached the Conference Rookie/Freshman of the Year and Newcomer of the Year five times (Brooks Marzka, Scott Woodward, Seth Lamando, Bobby Holmes, Cory Wood, and Jake Wright). • Coached players that have earned 134 all-conference honors, including a Big South-record eight first-team selections in 2010 and a Big South-record 11 first and second-team honorees in 2008. • Coached the 2010 and 2012 Big South Male Scholar-Athlete of the Years (Austin Fleet and Tucker Frawley) and four Big South Baseball Scholar-Athletes of the Year (Brooks Marzka in 2000, Austin Fleet in 2010, Tucker Frawley in 2012 and Justin Creel in 2013). • Coached first-team academic All-Americans Austin Fleet (2010), Tucker Frawley (2012) and Justin Creel (2013) as well as eight players that have earned a total of 13 academic all-district honors. • CCU set school and Big South records by winning 55 games in both 2010 and 2016. The 55 wins also led the NCAA both times as did the Chanticleers’ .846 winning percentage (55-10) in 2010. • CCU led the NCAA in home runs (96) and runs scored (516) in 2016. • Has had 86 players (76 at Coastal) drafted and 118 players sign professional contracts.

Coastal Carolina head coach Gary Gilmore, who coached his 25th season at his alma mater in 2020, was named the 2016 National Coach of the Year and has seen the Coastal program continually rise in the world of college baseball to a national power. He will begin his 26th season in 2021. A two-time ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005 and 2016) and a 10-time conference Coach of the Year, Gilmore ranks among the NCAA’s all-time top 30 in wins with 1,216 and enters the 2020 season ranked sixth overall in wins among all active NCAA Division I head coaches. Under his guidance, Coastal won the 2016 NCAA , has made 16 NCAA berths and advanced to a Super Regional three times. In addition to team success, the program has featured numerous draft picks - including 22 players drafted within the top 10 rounds over the last 13 years and built perhaps the best overall practice and playing facilities in the nation. Before returning to his alma mater in 1996, Gilmore spent six seasons as head coach at USC Aiken, where he compiled a 256-102-2 record. He posted 40-win seasons in his first four years there, including a school-record 48 wins in 1991. In 1992, he led USC Aiken to the Peach Belt Tournament Championship and the NCAA Division II postseason. The following year in 1993, the Pacers once again won the Peach Belt Tournament title and advanced all the way to the NCAA Division II College World Series. In 1993, Gilmore was named the ABCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year, as well as the South Atlantic Region and Coach of the Year by his peers. USC Aiken added a regular-season conference championship in 1994. During his stint at USC Aiken, Gilmore coached nine all-conference performers, including once conference player of the year in Adam Riggs, and had nine players drafted. Prior to his coaching career, Gilmore worked as a scout for the and . Gilmore played center field for Coastal Carolina during the 1979 and 1980 seasons where as the lead-off hitter he .353 with 69 steals in 90 games. After graduating in 1980, he played professionally in the organization. Gilmore and his wife Cathy have a son, Chance, a daughter, Samantha, and three grandsons - Liam, Hank, and Luke. YEAR-BY-YEAR SEASON CAPSULES UNDER COACH GILMORE

2020 • Coach Gilmore’s 2020 season was unique, as it was announced in the week prior to the start of the year that he had been diagnosed with cancer. Despite missing some time away from the team and program due to testing and doctor visits, Gilmore still was able to coach a handful of games for the Chanticleers on the year. • In the shortened season due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Chants went 11-5 overall on the year, including going 11-4 at home in Springs Brooks Stadium. • One of the youngest teams that Gilmore has had at CCU with 15 freshmen and redshirt freshmen, the Chanticleers hit .287 overall as a team. The Chants led the Sun Belt and ranked 18th nationally in home runs with 20 and in sacrifice flies with 11. • Coastal’s offense was also second in the Sun Belt in scoring at 8.4 runs per game, runs scored with 135, hit-by-pitch with 24, and stolen bases with 28. • Defensively, the Chants were first in the conference and tied for second nationally with 22 double plays turned, while the pitching staff walked just 50 batters which ranked first in the Sun Belt and was second in the conference with a 2.90 strikeout-to- walk ratio on the season. • Right-handed pitcher Zach McCambley was drafted in the third round of the 2020 MLB Draft by the Florida Marlins, becoming just the seventh Chant to be selected in the top three rounds of the draft and the highest pick since Jacob May went in the third round to the White Sox 2013. • Fellow Scott Kobos and Chase Antle went on to sign professionally with the and Philadelphia Phillies, while Scott McKeon also inked a free agent deal with the Cubs. • Despite the abbreviated season, freshman Cooper Weiss was named a Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American.

2019 • Coastal went 36-26-1 overall and won the Sun Belt Baseball Championship Tournament title for the second-straight year, winning five games in five days. • The Chants made their 17th NCAA Regional appearance, 16th under head coach Gary Gilmore, and went 1-2 in the NCAA Atlanta Regional with losses to Auburn and Georgia Tech. • Coastal recorded non-conference wins over No. 2 NC State (ACC), No. 25 Illinois (Big Ten), Maryland (Big Ten), Michigan State (Big Ten), Indiana (Big Ten), UConn (AAC), Wake Forest (ACC), and Washington (Pac 12). • The Chanticleers ranked among the top-15 nationally in sacrifice flies (4th, 41), hits (5th, 691), home runs (5th, 91), runs scored (5th, 525), scoring (6th, 8.3), slugging percentage (6th, .503), on-base percentage (6th, .416), hit-by-pitch (6th, 97), base on balls (11th, 350), batting average (12th, .307), and doubles (15th, 129). • Redshirt sophomore Jake Wright was named to the NCBWA All-America third team, while senior Kieton Rivers was tabbed a Perfect Game/Rawlings honorable mention All-American. • Both Wright and Rivers were joined by Parker Chavers on the ABCA/Rawlings all-region team. • Five players earned All-Sun Belt honors highlighted by Jake Wright who was named the Newcomer of the Year. Zach Biermann and Parker Chavers were both named to the first team while Kieton Rivers and Kyle Skeels joined Wright on the second team. • Kieton Rivers was named the Sun Belt Championship Tournament Most Outstanding Player while Biermann, Chavers, Skeels, Cory Wood, and Wright were all named to the all-tournament team. • Coastal had seven players drafted in the 2019 MLB Draft in June, as Anthony Veneziano was drafted in the 10th round by the Kansas City Royals, Cory Wood was taken in the 19th round by the , Scott McKeon in the 21st round by the Detroit Tigers, Zach Biermann in the 23rd round by the , Jake Wright in the 32nd round by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Keaton Weisz in the 36th round by the , Kyle Skeels in the 36th round by the St. Louis Cardinals. • The seven Chants selected in 2019 first-year player draft are the most in a single season since seven in 2010, which is also tied for the most in a single season in Chants’ history along with 2007. • The seven draft picks also marks the fourth-straight year in which Coastal has had four picks or more go in the draft. 2018 • The Chanticleers (43-19) finished the season ranked 24th in bothBaseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) polls to mark the eighth time since 2005 that Coastal was ranked in a final national poll. • CCU won both the regular-season and tournament championships to reach the NCAA Regionals for the 16th time in the program’s history. The Chants hosted an NCAA Regional for the fourth time in the program’s history (2007, 2008, 2010 and 2018) and the second time on campus (2008 and 2018). • The 43 wins on the year marked the 14th time under coach Gilmore that the Chanticleers have won 40-plus games in a season, while the 23 conference wins marks the fourth time in the program’s history that the Chanticleers have won at least 20 conference games. • CCU had the best winning percentage in the Sun Belt for the second-straight season, as the Chanticleers won nine of their 10 Sun Belt Conference series on the year, including conference series sweeps over Arkansas State, Texas State and Little Rock. • Coastal also posted non-conference wins over Virginia Tech (ACC), Oklahoma (Big 12), Kansas State (Big 12), Illinois (Big Ten), West Virginia (Big 12), Wake Forest (ACC), Ohio State (Big Ten), Clemson (ACC), and North Carolina (ACC). • The Chanticleers ranked among the top-10 nationally in base on balls (3rd, 359), doubles (4th, 145), scoring (4th, 8.0 runs per game), runs scored (5th, 499), on-base percentage (7th, .404), slugging percentage (8th, .485) and home runs (9th, 81). • Coach Gilmore was named the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year, marking his 10th conference coach of the year award as the head coach at Coastal Carolina, while Seth Lancaster (Perfect Game/Rawlings – first team, ABCA – second team,Collegiate Baseball – third team), Kevin Woodall, Jr. (Collegiate Baseball – third team), Cory Wood (Collegiate Baseball – third team) and Zach Biermann (ABCA – third team) all earned All-American honors. Biermann, Lancaster, and Woodall also earned first- team ABCA All-Region accolades. • Freshman Parker Chavers was tabbed a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game/ Rawlings (second team), and D1Baseball.com (second team). • Seven players earned All-Sun Belt honors – Jason Bilous, Woodall, Wood, Lancaster, and Biermann on the first team and both Matt Eardensohn and Chavers on the second team – while Biermann (Most Outstanding Player), Lancaster, Woodall, and Chavers were also all named to the Sun Belt All-Tournament Team. • Coastal had five players drafted in the 2018 MLB Draft in June, as Lancaster was drafted in the eighth round by the Philadelphia Phillies, Woodall was drafted in the 10th round by the St. Louis Cardinals, Bilous was drafted in the 13th round by the Chicago White Sox, and Matt Beaird was drafted in the 36th round by the .

2017 • In its first year in the Sun Belt, Coastal won the league’s regular-season championship. • Alex Cunningham and Billy Cooke were both named All-Americans, while Cory Wood was named a Freshman All-American. • Billy Cooke was voted the Sun Belt Player of the Year and Cory Wood earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors. • Cooke, Alex Cunningham, and Kevin Woodall were named first-team All-Sun Belt, while Wood, Andrew Beckwith, and Jordan Gore were second-team selections. • Coastal ranked eighth in the NCAA in sac bunts (62), 20th in stolen bases (88) and 26th in home runs per game (1.19). • A total of six Chanticleers were drafted, including Billy Cooke (eighth round by the Seattle Mariners), Alex Cunningham (ninth round by the ), Will Latcham (17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals), Jordan Gore (19th round by the Minnesota Twins), Wood Myers (29th round by the St. Louis Cardinals) and Andrew Beckwith (32nd round by the Kansas City Royals).

2016 - College World Series Champions • Named the NCAA Division I National Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball, HERO Sports and Perfect Game, Gilmore led Coastal to the 2016 NCAA Division I National Championship. • Gilmore was also named the Big South Coach of the Year for the ninth time. • The Chants won the NCAA Baton Rouge Super Regional, the Raleigh Regional (as the No. 2 seed), the Big South Tournament championship and the Big South regular-season championship en route to the program’s first-ever national championship. • Gilmore won his 1,100th career game with the Chanticleers’ win over Arizona in the National Championship title game. • Coastal led the NCAA in wins (55), home runs (96) and runs scored (516), while ranking fourth in walks drawn (342), fourth in hits (709), fourth in sacrifice bunts (78), fifth in double plays (66) and seventh in stolen bases (112). • Andrew Beckwith led the NCAA with 15 wins on the mound, while Zach Remillard led the NCAA with 177 total bases on the year offensively, ahead of G.K. Young who was third (168) and Connor Owings who was ninth (161) nationally. Remillard and Young finished the season tied for fourth in the NCAA in hits (99) and tied for fifth in the NCAA with 72 RBIs apiece. Remillard also finished the year ranked eighth nationally in home runs (19), while Michael Paez was seventh in runs scored (67). • The individual accolades were aplenty for the Chants in 2016, as Beckwith was named the College World Series Most Outstanding Player and won the Gregg Olson Award. He was also named the 2016 Big South Pitcher of the Year, the 2015- 16 Howard Bagwell Big South Male Athlete of the Year and the nation’s Male Athlete of the Year by the Touchdown Club of Columbus. • Young was a semifinalist for the Award, while Owings was a finalist for the Gregg Olson Award and named the Big South Player of the Year. • Owings, Young, and Mike Morrison were all named first-team All-Americans, while Beckwith and Remillard were also tabbed second and third-team All-Americans, respectively. Austin Kitchen was named a Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, while eight different Chants earned All-Big South Conference accolades in Owings (first team), Remillard (first team), Young (first team), Beckwith (first team), Morrison (first team), Paez (second team), Cunningham (second team) and Billy Cooke (honorable mention). • Paez was drafted in the fourth round by the New York Mets, while Remillard was drafted in the 10th round by the Chicago White Sox. Morrison was drafted in the 27th round by the White Sox, one round ahead of Cunningham who was drafted in the 28th round by the Detroit Tigers. Young was drafted in the 31st round by the San Diego Padres, while Owings was drafted in the 34th round by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Fellow Chants Anthony Marks and David Parrett each signed free agents contracts.

2015 • In 2015, Gilmore became the first coach to win 300 Big South Conference games and led the Chanticleers to the No. 2 seed at the College Station NCAA Regional. It was the Chants 14th overall NCAA Tournament appearance and 13th under coach Gilmore. • Bobby Holmes was named the Big South Freshman of the Year and a Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All- American in his first year as a Chant, while Casey Schroeder was drafted in the eighth round by the Chicago White Sox. • Anthony Marks (first team), Michael Paez (first team), Austin Kerr (first team), Connor Owings (second team) and Holmes (second team) all earned All-Big South honors. • Coastal was one of eight teams to finish among the NCAA top 20 in both RPI (19) and strength of schedule (16) for the year, as the Chanticleers went 8-3 versus the ACC and 1-1 versus the SEC for the season. • Overall, CCU finished the season at 39-21 and placed second in the Big South with a 17-7 conference record. • Coastal ranked second in the NCAA in double plays turned (66), 13th in home runs (62) and 17th in sacrifice bunts (63) while ranking second in the nation with (37).

2014 • Despite a down year for the Chanticleers in 2014, Coastal Carolina defeated Presbyterian 4-3 on April 17, 2014, for coach Gilmore’s 1,000th career win as a head coach. • Connor Owings was named first-team All-Big South. • Colin Hering was drafted in the 10th round by the Los Angele Dodgers, while both Ben Smith and Tyler Herb were also drafted marking 89 of his players that have signed professional contracts.

2013 • In 2013, Coastal Carolina made its 12th NCAA appearance in a 13-year span, winning the Big South’s South Division with a conference record of 18-6. The Chanticleers finished the year at 37-23 overall and ranked No. 30 in the finalCollegiate Baseball poll. • CCU won its first two games in the Big South Tournament to extend its conference tournament winning streak to 17-straight games over five seasons dating back to 2009. • Despite falling in the semifinals of the Big South Tournament to Liberty, Coastal received an at-large berth to the NCAA postseason, playing in the NCAA Blacksburg Regional. • Seth Lamando was tabbed both the Big South Freshman of the Year and a Freshman All-American, while Justin Creel was named CoSIDA Academic All-America. • Four players earned All-Big South honors in Ben Smith (first team), Jacob May (second team), Will Remillard (second team) and Ryan Connolly (second team). • May was picked in the third round of the 2013 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox, while Remillard went in the 19th round to the Chicago Cubs. • Connolly pitched in 139 career games spanning his four years, setting CCU and Big South records while ending his career ranked fifth on the NCAA all-time list for appearances. His 2.23 career ERA set a Big South record, breaking former teammate Anthony Meo’s mark of 2.52. 2012 • The Chanticleers won both the Big South regular-season and tournament championships for the sixth consecutive year, while Gilmore picked up his eighth Big South Coach of the Year award. • CCU swept through the conference tournament without a loss for the third-consecutive year en route to the tournament title and an NCAA Championship Tournament automatic bid. • Coastal’s pitching staff ranked third in the NCAA in ERA (2.65) after leading the nation a majority of the season. • Coastal featured the Big South Player of the Year in Daniel Bowman and the Big South co-Pitcher of the Year in Aaron Burke, while a total of eight players earned All-Big South accolades in Bowman (first team), Rich Witten (first team), Tucker Frawley (first team), Burke (first team), Alex Buccilli (second team), Josh Conway (second team), Tyler Herb (second team) and Ryan Connolly (second team). • Bowman, who was named an All-American, had a remarkable senior season and ended his career posting numbers that will leave a lasting impression in the CCU and Big South annals. He set Big South and CCU career records for at-bats (963) and total bases (526), while setting CCU career marks for games played (246, one shy of Big South record), games started (244), hits (309, one shy of Big South record) and RBIs (206, third in Big South history). • Frawley was named a semifinalist for the Award, a first-team academic All-American, Big South Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the Big South Scholar-Athlete of the Year for all sports and an eighth-round pick by the Toronto Blue Jays. • Josh Conway, who only played the first half of the season prior to suffering an injury, was taken in the fourth round of the 2012 Draft by the Chicago Cubs.

2011 • Prior to the 2011 season, coach Gilmore was voted among the best in the business in a poll by CollegeBaseballInsider.com. • The Chanticleers won another Big South regular-season title going 20-7 in conference play and finishing the year at 42-20 overall. The Chants ended the season ranked 27th byCollegiate Baseball. • After a 15-10 record to start the season, the Chants won 26 of their next 34, including a four-game sweep to win the Big South Tournament and secure another NCAA postseason berth. • Statistically, Coastal continued to show it can both execute the “small-ball” philosophy and play for the big-inning by ranking sixth nationally in sacrifice bunts, 17th in home runs, 23rd in doubles, 23rd in runs scored and 31st in stolen bases. • Tommy La Stella earned consensus All-American honors and was voted the Big South Player of the Year, while Matt Rein was also named an All-American and the Big South Pitcher of the Year. La Stella (first team), Rein (first team), Scott Woodard (first team), Anthony Meo (first team) were all named to the Big South All-Conference first team. • Meo, a three-time first-team All-Big South pick, joined Kirt Manwaring as the highest Chanticleer ever drafted, being the third pick of the second round of the 2011 MLB Draft. • Woodward, who set CCU and Big South records for runs scored and hit by pitches while ranking second on both career lists in stolen bases and walks, was drafted in the seventh round. La Stella would go in the eighth round followed by Taylor Motter in the 17th and Bowman in the 38th.

2010 • Coastal Carolina set school and Big South records with 55 wins in 2010, going 55-10 overall for the season. The 10 losses were also the fewest-ever by the Chanticleers under coach Gilmore. • The 55 wins led the NCAA, while Coastal also had the nation’s best winning percentage (.846), ranked second in the final RPI, was the overall No. 4 seed in the 2010 NCAA Championship and hosted both the Myrtle Beach Regional and Super Regionals. • Coastal defeated the College of Charleston in dramatic fashion to win the program’s second-ever NCAA Regional and fell by one twice to eventual national champion South Carolina in what was Coastal’s first time in hosting a Super Regional. • In both Super Regional contests, 6,599 people packed the Myrtle Beach Pelicans’ stadium, setting a facility record, to see the thrilling and historic matchup with the Gamecocks. • The Chants ended the season ranked 11th in three polls and 12th in the remaining two. • Coastal finished the season ranked eighth in the NCAA in scoring (9.1 avg.), fourth in hits (603), third in home runs (111), ninth in slugging percentage (.553), third in stolen bases (161), eighth in ERA (3.53) and seventh in fewest hits allowed per nine innings (8.37). • Starting with a win over No. 10 Clemson on March 31, 2010, Coastal would win 17-straight games and 26 of its next 27 with the only setback being a 6-3 loss at No. 1 Virginia. The Chants climbed in the polls to be a consensus top-five program over the final three weeks of the regular season. • Individually, Rico Noel and Scott Woodward became the second set of teammates in NCAA history to rank 1-2 nationally in stolen bases with 56 and 55, respectively. The duo also ranked among the NCAA top 20 in runs scored, Noel eighth with 82 and Woodward 17th with 75, while Jose Iglesias was 16th in RBIs with 80. • On the mound, Meo was second in the nation with 13 wins, while Cody Wheeler, who was also 22nd in the NCAA with 113 strikeouts, was fifth in wins nationally with 12 victories. • For their accomplishments, Meo, Wheeler, Iglesias, and Noel were named to various All-American teams with Meo being a semifinalist for two National Player of the Year awards. Iglesias was one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench of the Year Award, given to the best catcher in all of collegiate baseball. • Austin Fleet was both a first-team Academic All-America selection and the Big South Male Student-Athlete of the Year, while Ryan Connolly was tabbed a Freshman All-American. • In the Big South Conference, Coastal set several records as well en route to winning both the Big South regular-season and tournament crowns for the fourth-straight season. • In addition to their 55 overall wins, the Chanticleers became the first Big South team to go undefeated in the regular season (25- 0) in addition to going undefeated in the Big South Tournament (4-0). • Coastal also set a league record with eight players named to the All-Big South first team in Noel, Tommy La Stella, Taylor Motter, Woodward, Iglesias, Meo, Wheeler and Matt Rein, while Connolly was a second-team pick. • Gilmore picked up his seventh Big South Conference Coach of the Year honor, while Meo was the unanimous Big South Pitcher of the Year. • At the season’s end, seven players were drafted, including Wheeler and Noel in the fifth round, Fleet in the 16th and Chance Gilmore in the 25th round. Woodard (15th round) Keith Hessler (28th round) and Jim Birmingham (33rd round) were also drafted but decided to stay for the 2011 season.

2009 • The Chanticleers won both the Big South regular-season and tournament titles in 2009, going 47-16 and advancing to the NCAA Chapel Hill Regional. • The Chants ended the season ranked as high as No. 21 by the National Baseball Writers Association and were ranked 23rd by the coaches and 30th by Collegiate Baseball. • Gilmore was named the Big South Coach of the Year for the sixth time and eight players were named to the All-Big South teams. This included Big South Player of the Year and Big South Tournament MVP David Anderson and conference Pitcher of the Year Cody Wheeler. • Anderson (first team), Wheeler (first team), Rico Noel (first team), Anthony Meo (first team), Nick McCully (first team), Daniel Bowman (second team), Tyler Bortnick (second team) and Adam Rice (second team) all earned All-Big South accolades. • Anderson and Wheeler were both named All-Americans by Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, while the trio of Meo, Bowman and Taylor Motter were named Freshman All-Americans by the same organization. Nick McCully was also tabbed an All-American. • McCully (ninth round) and Tyler Bortnick (16th round) were both selected in the MLB Draft.

2008 • Coastal Carolina hosted and won the NCAA Conway Regional in 2008, advancing to the NCAA Cary Super Regional, a first in the school’s history. • The Chants ended the season ranked as high as 13th by the Baseball Writers Association and were ranked 16th in each of the other three polls. • Gilmore was named the Big South Coach of the Year for the fifth time and the Chants won both the regular-season and tournament championships. • Dock Doyle was named the Big South Player of the Year and earned second-team All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball. Doyle also was one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award. • Scott Woodward earned Big South Freshman of the Year honors while 11 different Chanticleers earned All-Big South accolades to set a league record. David Sappelt, Tommy Baldridge, Woodward, Doyle, Joey Haug, Bobby Gagg, and Pete Andrelczyk all earned first-team all-Big South honors, while Adam Rice, David Anderson, Tyler Bortnick, and Nick McCully were all named second-team all-conference. • Sappelt was a semifinalist for the and joined Woodward in earning All-American honors. • Coastal Carolina defeated Columbia, Alabama and East Carolina in succession at the NCAA Regional to earn the program’s first-ever berth in a Super Regional. • Tommy Baldridge and David Anderson were named NCAA Regionals co-Most Valuable Player and the Chants had six selected to the All-Conway Regional Team. • Coastal Carolina set the Watson Stadium/Vrooman Field attendance record with 2,320 fans at the championship game against East Carolina. • The Chants had five players selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, including fifth-round picks Doyle and Andrelczyk, and ninth-round pick Sappelt. Also selected were Baldridge (33rd round) and Jeff Richard (38th). 2007 • The Chanticleers hosted an NCAA Regional for the first time in school history, playing in the Myrtle Beach Pelican’s facility, and won 50 games for the second time in three seasons in 2007. • CCU set a new Pelican’s facility record as 6,231 fans attended the Coastal Carolina versus Clemson contest. • The Chants ended the season ranked as high as 19th by the Baseball Writers Association and were 20th, 23rd, and 24th in the other polls. • Coastal Carolina won both the Big South Conference regular-season and tournament titles, going a perfect 4-0 in the conference tournament. • Gilmore was named the Midseason Coach of the Year by Baseball America and earned his fourth Big South Coach of the Year honor at season’s end. • Bobby Gagg and David Sappelt earned All-American honors from Collegiate Baseball, while Sappelt was the Big South Player of the Year, Gagg was the Pitcher of the Year and Baldridge was the BSC Tournament Most Valuable Player. • A total of eight players were named All-Big South in Sappelt (first team), Baldridge (first team), Chris Raber (first team), Mat Rademacher (first team), Gagg (first team), David Anderson (first team – P, second team – DH) and Andy DeLaGarza (second team). • Raber was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. • A program-best seven players were drafted, including John Mariotti, Andy DeLaGarza, Pete Andrelczyk, Dom Duggan, Austin Hinkle, Chris Raber, and Dock Doyle.

2006 • In 2006, the Chanticleers recorded 30 wins on the season (30-27) and finished third overall in the Big South with a conference record of 15-9. • Hosting the Big South Tournament, CCU lost in the first round to High Point 1-0, before bouncing back to defeat UNC Asheville, 6-1, in the loser’s bracket. • However, the Chants fell to Winthrop in 10 innings the next day to be eliminated. • Mike Fuentes was selected in the MLB Draft.

2005 • The Chants won the Big South regular-season title in 2005, going 21-3 in conference play and earned their first number one seed in the Big South Championship Tournament. • Despite falling to Winthrop in the championship game, the Chants received an at-large bid and were sent to the NCAA Tempe Regional. • The Chants ended the season ranked 23rd byBaseball America and 25th by Collegiate Baseball. • Coastal became the first Big South program to win 50 games in a season, going 50-16 overall on the year. • Gilmore was named the Big South Coach of the Year for the third time and was named the American Baseball Coaches Association Atlantic Region Division I Coach of the Year. • Mike Costanzo was one of just 16 finalists for the Dick Howser Trophy, earned first-team All-American honors by three organizations, earned his second-consecutive Big South Player of the Year award and was named to the All-Big South first team as both a and a pitcher, the first Big South player to ever earn multiple first-team honors. • Gilmore coached six All-Big South honorees in 2005, including Costanzo, Dom Duggan (first team), Michael DeJesus (first team), Ricky Shefka (first team), Chris Todd (second team) and Byron Binda (second team). • Six Chanticleers, including second-round pick Mike Costanzo, were selected in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Others included Michael DeJesus, Byron Binda, Ricky Shefka, Jacob Henry and Chris Todd.

2004 • For the fourth-straight season, Coastal Carolina won the Big South Tournament and advanced to an NCAA Regional as the Chanticleers went 40-23 overall and 16-8 in conference play. • Mike Costanzo was named the Big South Player of the Year, while four Chanticleers were named All-Big South in Costanzo (first team), Steven Carter (first team), Brett Grandstrand (second team) and Chad Oxendine (second team). • Brett Grandstrand and Steven Carter were both taken in the MLB Draft.

2003 • Coastal won 46 games, a school record at the time, won the Big South Tournament and earned a berth to the NCAA Regional in Lincoln, Neb. • Ryan McGraw earned first-team All-Big South honors, while six Chants were selected to the second team in Brandon Powell, Brett Grandstrand, Mike Costanzo, Justin Surge, and Steven Carter. • Brandon Powell (eighth round), Justin Sturge (12th round) and Ryan McGraw were all selected in the MLB Draft. 2002 • Gilmore was named the Big South Coach of the Year, as Coastal Carolina captured both the Big South regular-season and tournament crowns for the second-consecutive year and advanced to the NCAA Atlanta Regional. • The 2002 squad featured seven all-conference performers, including five first-team members in Ryan McGraw, Justin Owens, Randy McGarvey, Jr., Steven Carter and Justin Surge, while Brandon Powell and Adam Keim were named to the second team. • Owens was named the Big South Player of the Year as well as being named the 2001-02 Big South Howard Bagwell Male Athlete of the Year. • McGraw broke the NCAA single-season mark with 63 steals in 2002, and along with Owens earned All-American honors. • Adam Keim, Randy McGarvey, Jr., and Justin Owens were all selected in the 2002 MLB Draft.

2001 • Coastal Carolina made its first true mark on the national scene, playing in a tough NCAA Athens Regional that featured host Georgia, Georgia Tech and Georgia Southern. • The Chants defeated Tech and Southern before dropping the first championship game to Georgia. In game two, the Chants were one out from advancing to its first Super Regional, before a dramatic by the Bulldogs resulted in a heartbreaking 8-7 loss. • The Chants earned an NCAA Regional berth after posting a 42-20 record and winning their first Big South Championship since 1992. • A total of six Chanticleers were named All-Big South in Chad Felty (first team), Justin Owens (first team), Chris Carter (first team), Scott Sturkie (first team), Jon Humay (second team), Adam Keim (second team) and Randy McGarvey (second team). • After being a 26th-round pick the previous year, Sturkie was selected in the 12th round of the MLB Draft in 2001.

2000 • Rett Johnson, Brooks Marska and Brandon Powell were selected All-Big South, as the Chanticleers went 34-24 overall and 11- 10 in Big South Conference play. • Both Johnson and Scott Sturkie were selected in the 2000 MLB Draft.

1999 • Coastal went from 31 wins in 1998 to 43 victories in 1999, including posting a 10-2 conference mark to win its first Big South regular-season title since 1993. The Chants broke into the national rankings. • The Big South regular-season title was the first for the Chanticleers under Coach Gilmore. • Gilmore won the first of his Big South Coach of the Year honors and seven Chants were named All-Big South in Brooks Marzka (first team), Kevin Schnall (first team), Scott Sturkie (first team), Ron Deubel (first team) and Dorian Cameron (second team). • Schnall was a finalist for the Rotary Smith Player of the Year and a second-team All-American. Ron Deubel was also tabbed an All-American. • Schnall was drafted by the in the MLB First-Year Player Draft.

1998 • In his third season at the helm of his alma mater, coach Gilmore led CCU to a second-place conference finish with an 11-7 record in Big South play. The Chants finished 31-29 overall. • A total of four Chants earned All-Big South honors in Brooks Marzka, Jeremy Samatas, Steve Tylke, and Dorian Cameron. • Damien Hart and Cameron were both selected in the 1998 MLB Draft.

1997 • In just his second year of the rebuild at CCU, coach Gilmore’s squad posted 23 wins overall (23-31). • Jason Vindrich and Jason Isidore were named both named to the All-Big South second team. • Mack Haman was taken in the 13th round of the 1997 MLB Draft.

1996 • Gilmore took the reins in a rather precarious position in 1996. • The Chants were coming off a 17-37 season, their first losing season in 18 years, and had little in the way of returning talent, especially on the mound. • Coastal finished a respectable 24-29 in his first season. • Coastal placed five on the All-Big South teams, including first-team pick Matt Ragan and second-team selections Brett Harwood, Matt Trahan, and Jason Vindich. at USC Aiken • Gilmore spent six seasons at USC Aiken as head coach, where he compiled a 256-102-2 record. · Gilmore posted 40-win seasons in his first four years there, including a school-record 48 wins in 1991. · In 1992, he led USC Aiken to the Peach Belt Tournament Championship and the NCAA Division II postseason. The following year, the Pacers once again on the Peach Belt Tournament title and advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series. · In 1993, Gilmore was named the ABCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year as well as the South Atlantic Region and Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year by his peers. · USC Aiken added a regular-season championship title in 1994. · During his stint at USC Aiken, Gilmore coached nine all-conference performers, had nine players drafted and one conference Player of the Year in Adam Riggs.

GILMORE’S CAREER HEAD COACHING RECORD Year School Record Percentage Conf. Record Postseason 1990 USC Aiken 45-10-0 .818 NA --- 1991 USC Aiken 48-13-0 .787 NA --- 1992 USC Aiken 45-15-2 * .742 10-2-1 NCAA DII 1993 USC Aiken 46-18-0 * .719 13-7 NCAA DII/ DII College World Series 1994 USC Aiken 35-22-0 ^ .614 16-5 --- 1995 USC Aiken 34-24-0 .586 14-10 --- 1996 Coastal Carolina 24-29-0 .453 11-10 --- 1997 Coastal Carolina 23-31-0 .426 5-16 --- 1998 Coastal Carolina 31-29-0 .517 11-7 --- 1999 Coastal Carolina 43-15-0 ^ .741 10-2 --- 2000 Coastal Carolina 34-24-0 .586 11-10 --- 2001 Coastal Carolina 42-20-0 * .677 16-4 NCAA Regional 2002 Coastal Carolina 44-19-0 *^ .698 16-5 NCAA Regional 2003 Coastal Carolina 45-18-0 * .714 12-7 NCAA Regional 2004 Coastal Carolina 40-23-0 * .635 16-8 NCAA Regional 2005 Coastal Carolina 50-16-0 ^ .758 21-3 NCAA Regional 2006 Coastal Carolina 30-27-0 .526 15-9 --- 2007 Coastal Carolina 50-13-0 * ^ .794 17-4 NCAA Regional 2008 Coastal Carolina 50-14-0 * ^ .781 17-3 NCAA Regional / Super Regional 2009 Coastal Carolina 47-16-0 * ^ .746 21-5 NCAA Regional 2010 Coastal Carolina 55-10-0 * ^ .846 25-0 NCAA Regional / Super Regional 2011 Coastal Carolina 42-20-0 * ^ .677 20-7 NCAA Regional 2012 Coastal Carolina 42-19-0 * ^ .689 18-5 NCAA Regional 2013 Coastal Carolina 37-23-0 .617 18-6 NCAA Regional 2014 Coastal Carolina 24-33-0 .421 13-13 --- 2015 Coastal Carolina 39-21-0 .650 17-4 NCAA Regional 2016 Coastal Carolina 55-18-0 * ^ .753 21-2 NCAA Regional / Super Regional College World Series Champions 2017 Coastal Carolina 37-19-1 ^ .658 22-7-1 -- 2018 Coastal Carolina 43-19-0 * ^ .694 23-7 NCAA Regional 2019 Coastal Carolina 36-26-1 * .579 15-13 NCAA Regional 2020 Coastal Carolina 11-5-0 # .688 N/A --

^ - Conference Regular Season Champion * - Conference Tournament Champion # season was canceled on March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic