Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
men's soccer
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers; men's soccer
2024 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer team
Founded	1978; 46 years ago
University	Coastal Carolina University
Head coach	Shaun Docking (22nd season)
Conference	Sun Belt
Location	Conway, South Carolina
Stadium	CCU Soccer Complex ; (Capacity: 1,000)
Nickname	Chants
Colors	Teal, bronze, and black;
Home	Away
NCAA Tournament Round of 16
	1992, 2003, 2012, 2013, 2017
NCAA Tournament appearances
	1992, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
Conference Tournament championships
	1986, 1987, 1989, 1990, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2020
Conference Regular Season championships
	1986, 1987, 1989, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2020

The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's soccer team represents Coastal Carolina University in all NCAA Division I men's college soccer competitions. The team competes in the Sun Belt Conference, following previous tenures in Conference USA and Big South Conference, 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.^[2]

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.^[2]

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 (C-USA) for that sport. C-USA was already the men's soccer home of another in-state school, South Carolina, although the latter school's natural in-conference rival is Kentucky, given that Kentucky and South Carolina are full members of the Southeastern Conference.^[3] 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.^[4] 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, Marshall, Old Dominion).^[5]

Players

Current roster

As of August 9, 2024

^[6] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
0	GK	USA	Tristan Himes
1	GK	USA	Nathan Schnur
2	FW	USA	Mathi Ott
3	DF	LUX	Louis Bock
4	DF	BRA	Welnilton Da Silva Jr
5	MF	USA	Leon Olacio
6	MF	USA	Jason Kemble
7	MF	ISL	Loed Klaasen
8	MF	NED	Doug Hainer
9	FW	CAN	Deryn Armstrong
10	MF	USA	Doug Hainer
11	FW	GER	Noe Santos
12	DF	USA	Lincoln Ulrich
13	MF	ISR	Daneil Reiter


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	MF	GER	Simon Wittman
15	DF	USA	Pierson
16	FW	ISL	Gudjon Stefansson
17	MF	USA	Antonio Pagano
18	MF	JPN	Kaito Ueki
19	FW	ENG	Evan Howard
20	FW	VIR	Jimson St. Louis
21	MF	USA	Christian Cook
22	MF	ISL	Robert Valdimarsson
24	DF	USA	Kendell Thomas
27	FW	ISL	Anton Bjarkason
28	FW	USA	Francesco Pagano
29	GK	HON	Carlos Giron
30	GK	CAN	Harrison Gough

Notable alumni

Team management

Coaching Staff

Position	Name
Head Coach	Shaun Docking
Assoc. Coach	Kyle Russell
Asst. Coach	Kyle Timm
Goalkeeper Coach	Lance Elicker
Director of Operations	Zavier Vera

Head coaching history

Dates	Name	Notes
1978–1981	Dr. John Farrelly
1984–1997	Paul Banta	First NCAA Tournament berth
1997	Dermot McGrane
1998–present	Shaun Docking

List of seasons

Season	Coach	Record		Notes
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Notes
Independent
1978	Dr. John Farrelly	4–11–0	—
1979	Dr. John Farrelly	10–4–1	—
1980	Dr. John Farrelly	12–4–2	—
1981	Dr. John Farrelly	4–12–1	—
1982	No records	—	—
1983	No records	—	—
Big South Conference
1984	Paul Banta	15–8–0	4–3–0
1985	Paul Banta	14–8–1	5–1–0
1986	Paul Banta	18–2–0	9–1–0	Big South Regular Season and Tournament Champions
1987	Paul Banta	14–6–1	5–1–0	Big South Regular Season and Tournament Champions
1988	Paul Banta	4–14–4	2–4–0
1989	Paul Banta	17–4–0	6–0–0	Big South Regular Season and Tournament Champions
1990	Paul Banta	16–3–2	4–2–0	Big South Tournament Champions
1991	Paul Banta	7–8–3	1–4–1
1992	Paul Banta	16–2–1	0–0–0	NCAA Second Round
1993	Paul Banta	6–12–0	4–4–1
1994	Paul Banta	10–10–0	5–3–0
1995	Paul Banta	16–4–0	5–2–0	Big South Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
1996	Paul Banta	7–9–2	3–4–0
1997	Paul Banta and Dermot McGrane	6–10–1	1–5–1
1998	Shaun Docking	7–9–2	3–3–0
1999	Shaun Docking	12–4–1	6–1–0	Big South Regular Season Champions
2000	Shaun Docking	11–5–1	5–2–0	Big South Regular Season Champions
2001	Shaun Docking	11–8–2	3–2–2	Big South Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
2002	Shaun Docking	19–3–2	6–1–0	NCAA Second Round
2003	Shaun Docking	20–2–0	6–1–0	Big South Regular Season and Tournament Champions NCAA Sweet 16
2004	Shaun Docking	14–8–1	4–3–0	Big South Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
2005	Shaun Docking	11–9–1	5–2–0	Big South Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
2006	Shaun Docking	11–7–2	5–2–0
2007	Shaun Docking	10–8–1	6–0–0	Big South Regular Season Champions
2008	Shaun Docking	10–10–1	5–2–1
2009	Shaun Docking	9–2–7	5–0–3	Big South Regular Season Champions
2010	Shaun Docking	12–8–2	5–2–1	Big South Tournament Champions NCAA First Round
2011	Shaun Docking	18–4–0	9–0–0	Big South Regular Season Champions NCAA Second Round
2012	Shaun Docking	20–2–2	10–0–0	Big South Regular Season Champions NCAA Sweet 16
2013	Shaun Docking	19–5–0	9–1–0	Big South Regular Season and Tournament Champions NCAA Sweet 16
2014	Shaun Docking	16–6–1	7–1–1	Big South Tournament Champions NCAA Second Round
2015	Shaun Docking	13–3–4	6–1–2	NCAA Second Round
Sun Belt Conference
2016	Shaun Docking	9–6–3	3–1–1	Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament Champions NCAA Second Round
2017	Shaun Docking	14–7–1	4–1–0	Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament Champions NCAA Sweet 16
2018	Shaun Docking	10–6–0	2–2–0
2019	Shaun Docking	10–7–3	3–2–0	Sun Belt Tournament Champions NCAA Second Round
2020	Shaun Docking	6–1–1	5–1–0	Sun Belt Regular Season and Tournament Champions NCAA

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.

Records and statistics

NCAA tournament results

Year	Opponent	Result
1992	South Carolina	W, 2–0 (2 OT)
1992	Davidson	T, 0–0 (lost 5–6 in PK's)
1995	South Carolina	L, 3–1
2001	Seton Hall	L, 2–1
2002	South Carolina	W, 2–1 (2 OT)
2002	Clemson	T, 1–1 (lost, 4–5 in PK's)
2003	Davidson	W, 3–0
	North Carolina	W, 3–0
	Santa Clara	L, 3–2 (OT)
2004	Duke	L, 3–0
2005	Clemson	L, 2–0
2010	Duke	L, 2–1
2011	Elon	W, 4–3
2011	North Carolina	L, 3–2
2012	Elon	W, 3–0
	Wake Forest	W, 2–1 (OT)
	Maryland	L, 5–1
2013	East Tennessee State	W, 2–0
	Charlotte	W, 1–0
	California	L, 0–1
2014	FGCU	W, 1–0
2014	Clemson	L, 2–1
2015	North Florida	W, 1–0
2015	North Carolina	L, 2–1
2016	Radford	W, 2–1
2016	Wake Forest	L, 2–0
2017	Mercer	W, 1–0
	Clemson	W, 3–1
	Stanford	L, 2–0
2019	NC State	W, 3–2 (2OT)
2019	SMU	L, 0–1 (2OT)
2020	TBD

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

References

^ "Coastal Carolina University Graphic Standards" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "2014 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved December 6, 2014.
^ "Coastal Carolina Added as Men's Soccer Member" (Press release). Conference USA. February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
^ Traylor, Grant (November 1, 2021). "Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
^ "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.
^ "2024 Men's Soccer Roster".

External links

Official website

[1] "Coastal Carolina University Graphic Standards" (PDF). Retrieved March 31, 2016.

[ncaa_records-2] "2014 Men's Soccer Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Retrieved December 6, 2014.

[3] "Coastal Carolina Added as Men's Soccer Member" (Press release). Conference USA. February 25, 2021. Retrieved March 1, 2021.

[4] Traylor, Grant (November 1, 2021). "Sun Belt confirms men's soccer being reinstated". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV. Retrieved November 2, 2021.

[5] "Sun Belt Conference Announces Return of Men's Soccer This Fall" (Press release). Sun Belt Conference. April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022.

[6] "2024 Men's Soccer Roster".

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