Coastal Carolina University Athletics

34 Seasons as a Head Coach: 1,335-674-5
28 Seasons at Coastal Carolina: 1,082-572-3

For Coach Gilmore's complete bio click here (PDF).

Career Highlights

• 2016 National Coach of the Year (ABCA, NCBWA, Collegiate Baseball, D1baseball, HERO Sports, Perfect Game/Rawlings).
• Two-time ABCA Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (2005 and 2016).
• Nine-time Big South Coach of the Year (1999, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2016).
• Two-time Sun Belt Coach of the Year (2018 and 2023).
• ABCA/NCAA Division II and NCAA Division II South Atlantic Region Coach of the Year (1993).
• Jerry Kindall Character in Coaching Award winner presented by FCA (2021).
• ABCA Hall of Fame inductee (2022).
• 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).

at Coastal Carolina (1996-present)

• 2016 NCAA Division I National Champions.
• 18 NCAA Division I Regional appearances (2001, `02, `03, `04, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, ‘12, `13, ‘15, ‘16, ’18, ‘19, '22, and '23).
• Advanced to three NCAA Division I Super Regionals (2008, `10, and ‘16).
• Won 10 Big South regular-season titles (1999, `02, `05, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12, and ‘16).
• Won 11 Big South championship tournament titles (2001, `02, `03, `04, `07, `08, `09, `10, `11, `12, and ‘16).
• Won three Sun Belt regular-season titles (2017, ’18, and '23).
• Won two Sun Belt tournament titles (2018 and ‘19).
• Has totaled five 50-plus wins seasons since 2001.

at USC Aiken (1990-95)

• Advanced to the NCAA Division II College World Series (1993).
• Two NCAA Division II tourney appearances (1992 and '93).
• Won one Peach Belt regular-season title (1994).
• Won two Peach Belt tournament titles (1992 and `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 Player of the Year Award.
• Coached 38 players to a total of 77 All-American honors.
• Coached 13 Freshman All-Americans.
• Coached 29 players to a total of 32 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 Pitcher of the Year seven times (Bobby Gagg, Cody Wheeler, Anthony Meo, Matt Rein, Aaron Burke, Andrew Beckwith, and Reid VanScoter).
• 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 141 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 91 players (85 total draft picks at Coastal Carolina) drafted and 125 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 28th season in 2023.

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 25 in wins with 1,293 and enters the 2023 season ranked fourth overall in wins among all active NCAA Division I head coaches. 

Under his guidance, Coastal won the 2016 NCAA College World Series, has made 17 NCAA berths, and advanced to a Super Regional three times. In addition to team success, the program has featured numerous draft picks - including 26 players drafted within the top 10 rounds over the last 15 years and built perhaps the best overall practice and playing facilities in the nation.

Gilmore was recently named the 2021 Jerry Kindall Character in Coaching Award winner presented by Fellowship Christian Athletes (FCA) and will be one of seven individuals inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 Class in January 2023.

Since 2000, the Chants have won 11 regular-season championships, 13 conference tournament championship titles, made 17 NCAA Division I Championship appearances, advanced to three NCAA Super Regionals, and won the 2016 NCAA College World Series.


2022
Coming off one of the toughest years in program history in 2021, the Chanticleers returned to their old self by going 39-20-1 overall on the season and making the program's 18th overall NCAA Regional appearance.

Coastal played a challenging schedule in 2022, as the Chants played seven nationally-ranked teams on the season, going 7-7 overall in those contests, and came up just one win short of reaching the program's fourth NCAA Super Regional.

The Chanticleers went 21-8-1 overall in Sun Belt Conference play, improving by 12 wins from the previous year. Overall, the Chants won seven of their 10 three-game conference series weekends and posted five three-game conference series sweeps on the season (at Arkansas State, at Appalachian State, versus UT Arlington, against Little Rock, and at Troy).

Offensively, the Chants ranked in the top five in the Sun Belt in a number of statistical categories, including first in scoring (7.8), on-base percentage (.400), and sacrifice flies (39). CCU also ranked second in the conference in walks (309), doubles (119), home runs (82), runs scored (468), slugging percentage (.484), sacrifice bunts (49), and stolen bases (90). The Chants were also fourth in hits (566) and batting average (.288) on the season.

Defensively, the Chants had one of their best years to date, as they led the league and ranked 10th nationally with 54 double plays turned and posted a .974 team fielding percentage on the season, the highest team fielding percentage in a single season in program history.

The pitching returned to form as well in 2022, as the Chanticleers' pitching staff led the Sun Belt in both strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.54) and fewest walks allowed per nine innings (3.58) and ranked fourth in the conference in both WHIP (1.40) and strikeouts per nine innings (9.1) on the season. The Chants were also third in the conference with 524 strikeouts and held their opponents to a .260 batting average on the year.

Individually, Tyler Johnson ranked in the top 10 in the Sun Belt Conference in six offensive categories - first in slugging percentage (.754), first in OPS (1.221), second in home runs (19), fourth in RBIs (61), fourth in on-base percentage (.467), and seventh in batting average (.357), while Austin White led the Sun Belt and ranked 11th nationally with 34 stolen bases and was fourth in the SBC in runs scored with 59.

Preseason Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Eric Brown also ranked in the top 10 in numerous categories, as the junior was tied for second in doubles (19), third in runs scored (60), tied for fourth in walks (39), and fifth in on-base percentage (.460).

On the mound, the duo of Reid VanScoter and Michael Knorr both were among the Sun Belt statistical leaders, as VanScoter led the league in wins (9) and fewest home runs allowed (2) on the season. He also finished the year tied for second in batters struck out looking (25), third in innings pitched (88.2), sixth in ERA (3.65), and seventh in total strikeouts (85). 

Knorr led the Chants' pitching staff in ERA (3.39), fewest walks allowed (13), fewest hits allowed (60), and opposing batting average (.228). He also led the team in fewest runs allowed (31), fewest earned runs allowed (26), and in strikeouts (86). He led the Sun Belt and ranked 17th nationally with a 6.62 strikeout-to-walk ratio on the season, while his 1.06 WHIP ranked second in the Sun Belt and 40th in all of NCAA Division I last year, and his 11.22 strikeouts per nine innings average also ranked second in the conference and 64th nationally. He also ranked third in the Sun Belt in both walks allowed per nine innings (1.70) and total strikeouts (86).

Four Chants earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors, as left-handed pitcher VanScoter was named to the All-Sun Belt first team and tabbed the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Year. Johnson, Knorr, and Dale Thomas were all named to the All-Sun Belt second team, while Knorr's pitching performance at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament earned him a spot on the all-tournament team.

VanScoter and Johnson both went on to pick up both All-America second-team honors (VanScoter - Collegiate Baseball; Johnson - NCBWA) and ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region accolades.

Four Chants in Matt McDermott, Nick Lucky, Nick Parker, and Christopher Rowan, Jr. were all named to the 2022 NCAA Greenville Regional All-Tournament Team.

Eric Brown became the first-ever Chanticleer in program history to be selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft, as he was chosen as the 27th overall pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2022 MLB Draft. His first-round selection was a new program-best, topping CCU's previous high draft pick of Kirt Manwaring, who went as the 31st overall pick in the second round of the 1986 MLB Draft.

Two other Chants were drafted in the 2022 MLB Draft, as Knorr went in the third round to the Houston Astros and VanScoter was chosen in the fifth round by the Seattle Mariners. Both Tyler Johnson (Detroit Tigers) and Jacob Maton (Texas Rangers) signed undrafted free agent deals.

2021
Playing with perhaps the youngest team he has ever had as the head coach at CCU, the Chanticleers battled youth, inexperience, and COVID-19 to go 27-24 overall and 9-12 in Sun Belt Conference play.

The season was capped off with a milestone win, as Gilmore recorded his 1,000th-career win at CCU in a walk-off, 10-run rule, seven-inning 12-2 win over the Texas State Bobcats in the 2021 regular-season finale on May 22, 2021.

Outside of redshirt-junior center fielder Parker Chavers, senior Alex Gattinelli, and juniors BT Riopelle and Nick Lucky, the Chants played predominately with sophomores and freshmen, as a total of seven underclassmen made 20 starts or more in the field on the season.

Despite hitting just .257 overall as a team, the Chants led the Sun Belt in home runs with 63 and was also first in on-base percentage at .367. Coastal’s offense was also second in the SBC in runs scored with 318, second in RBIs with 292, second in walks with 238, and third in both triples with 14 and hit-by-pitches with 70. The Chants were also third in the league in sacrifice bunts with 45 and stolen bases with 61.

On the mound, the Chants posted a 4.87 ERA with 10 saves and 428 strikeouts over 449.0 innings pitched, which all ranked in the middle of the Sun Belt rankings. CCU’s pitching staff held its opponents to a .268 batting average on the year and walked just 196 batters for the season.

Individually, two Chants in Lucky (47) and Eric Brown (42) ranked fifth and seventh, respectively, in the Sun Belt in runs scored, while Brown also finished the year tied for first in the league with 33 walks and ninth in on-base percentage at .413. Lucky and Cooper Weiss finished tied for a league-high four triples on the season, while Weiss was fourth in the league in base on balls with 32 and Lucky placed second overall with 11 sacrifice bunts.

Junior hurler Alaska Abney was tied for seventh overall in the Sun Belt with five saves on the season, while in the field, Brown led the Sun Belt with 140 assists and Riopelle was second by throwing out 18 would-be base stealers.

Three Chants earned All-Sun Belt Conference honors, as Chavers, Riopelle, and Brown were all named to the All-Sun Belt second team, while Lucky’s play at the 2021 Sun Belt Conference Championship Tournament earned him a spot on the all-tournament team.

Chavers was drafted in the seventh round of the 2021 MLB Draft by the Chicago Cubs, while Abney was chosen in the 15th round by the Cleveland Indians.

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 pitchers Scott Kobos and Chase Antle went on to sign professionally with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies, while shortstop 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). 

Gilmore picked up his 1,200th career win as a collegiate baseball head coach on March 30 with a win over Arkansas State Red Wolves in game one of a doubleheader at Springs Brooks Stadium.

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 Pittsburgh Pirates, Scott McKeon in the 21st round by the Detroit Tigers, Zach Biermann in the 23rd round by the Houston Astros, Jake Wright in the 32nd round by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Keaton Weisz in the 36th round by the Los Angeles Angels, 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 both Baseball 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 Sun Belt Conference 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 marked the fourth time in the program’s history that the Chanticleers 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 a 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) on the season.

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 (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 Baltimore Orioles.

2017
In its first year in the Sun Belt, Coastal won the league's regular-season championship. However, for just the third time since 2000, the Chants did not make the NCAA Tournament after suffering a 7-5 loss to Texas State in the 2017 Sun Belt Championship Tournament.

Alex Cunningham and Billy Cooke were both named All-Americans, while Cory Wood was named a Freshman All-American.

The Chants’ Cooke was voted the Sun Belt Player of the Year, while Wood earned Sun Belt Freshman of the Year honors. Cooke, Cunningham and Kevin Woodall Jr. were all named first-team All-Sun Belt, while Wood, Andrew Beckwith, and Jordan Gore were all second-team selections.

Coastal finished the 2017 season 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 Cooke (eighth round by the Seattle Mariners), Cunningham (ninth round by the San Diego Padres), Will Latcham (17th round by the St. Louis Cardinals), Gore (19th round by the Minnesota Twins), Wood Myers (29th round by the St. Louis Cardinals) and 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 abundant 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 Dick Howser 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 NCAA College Station 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 also 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 final Collegiate Baseball poll.

CCU won its first two games in the Big South Tournament to extend its conference tournament win 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 additionally 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 honor.

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 also 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 Johnny Bench 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 was 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 Major League Baseball 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 by Collegiate 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 run 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 Catcher of the Year Award, given to the best catcher in all of collegiate baseball.

Austin Fleet was both a first-team CoSIDA 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.   
         
Before Coastal Carolina
Before returning to his alma mater in 1996, Gilmore spent six seasons as head coach at USC Aiken, where he compiled a 253-102-2 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.

Gilmore was named the ABCA NCAA Division II Coach of the Year in 1993, 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, including one Peach Belt 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 Seattle Mariners and Cleveland Indians.     
                            
Gilmore played center field for Coastal Carolina during the 1979 and 1980 seasons where he hit .353 with 69 steals in 90 games as the lead-off hitter. After graduating in 1980, he played professionally in the Philadelphia Phillies organization.

Gilmore and his wife Cathy have a son, Chance, a daughter, Samantha, and four grandsons, Liam, Hank, Luke, and Shepherd.

For Coach Gilmore's complete bio click here (PDF).

Gilmore's Career Head Coaching Record

Year	School	Record	Percentage	Conference 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	.688	N/A	--
2021	Coastal Carolina	27-24-0	.529	9-12	--
2022	Coastal Carolina	39-20-1	.658	21-8-1	NCAA Regional
2023	Coastal Carolina	^ 42-21	.667	23-7	NCAA Regional

^ - Conference Regular Season Champion
* - Conference Tournament Champion

# - season canceled on March 16 due to the coronavirus pandemic