2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers were led by sixth-year head coach Joe Moglia and played their home games at Brooks Stadium. They competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

2018 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Division	East Division
2018 record	5–7 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Joe Moglia (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jamey Chadwell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Marvin Sanders (1st season)
Home stadium	Brooks Stadium (Capacity: 15,000)

2018 Sun Belt Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Appalachian State xy$		7	–	1					11	–	2
Troy x		7	–	1					10	–	3
Georgia Southern		6	–	2					10	–	3
Coastal Carolina		2	–	6					5	–	7
Georgia State		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Louisiana xy		5	–	3					7	–	7
Arkansas State x		5	–	3					8	–	5
Louisiana–Monroe		4	–	4					6	–	6
South Alabama		2	–	6					3	–	9
Texas State		1	–	7					3	–	9
Championship: Appalachian State 30, Louisiana 19
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Previous season

They finished the 2017 season 3–9, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 10th place. The season marked the Chanticleers' first year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, and their second of a two-year transition period. They would not become bowl-eligible until the 2018 season. Offensive coordinator Jamey Chadwell served as the interim head coach of the Chanticleers this season due to Joe Moglia taking a medical leave.

Preseason

Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Award	Player	Position	Year
Fred Biletnikoff Award[1]	Malcolm Williams	WR	SR

Sun Belt coaches poll

On July 19, 2018, the Sun Belt released their preseason coaches poll with the Chanticleers predicted to finish in last place of the East Division.[2]

East Division
Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Appalachian State	46 (6)
2	Troy	44 (4)
3	Georgia State	26
4	Georgia Southern	22
5	Coastal Carolina	12

Preseason All-Sun Belt Teams

The Chanticleers had one player selected to the preseason all-Sun Belt teams.[3]

Defense 2nd team Silas Kelly – LB

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	at South Carolina*	Williams–Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	SECN	L 15–49	75,126
September 8	7:00 p.m.	UAB*	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	W 47–24	9,776
September 12[lower-alpha 1]	2:00 p.m.	at Campbell*	Barker–Lane Stadium Buies Creek, NC	ESPN3	W 58–21	2,047
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	ESPN+	W 30–28	17,125
September 29	3:30 p.m.	at Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN+	L 21–45	23,810
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana–Monroe	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 20–45	11,506
October 20	3:30 p.m.	at UMass*	McGuirk Stadium Hadley, MA	ELVN	W 24–13	11,134
October 27	2:00 p.m.	at Georgia State	Georgia State Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN+	W 37–34	15,648
November 3	5:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 7–23	13,004
November 10	5:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 16–44	8,141
November 17	5:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Brooks Stadium Conway, SC	ESPN+	L 17–41	9,886
November 23	3:00 p.m.	at South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN+	L 28–31	10,670
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

1. The game between Coastal Carolina and Campbell, originally scheduled to be a home game for Coastal Carolina, was relocated to Barker–Lane Stadium and moved to Wednesday September 12 due to Hurricane Florence.

Game summaries

at South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	3	3	9	15
Gamecocks	14	14	14	7	49

See also: 2018 South Carolina Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	SC, 70–10

UAB

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blazers	14	10	0	0	24
Chanticleers	7	13	7	20	47

See also: 2018 UAB Blazers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	UAB, 30–23

at Campbell

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	7	17	21	13	58
Fighting Camels	14	7	0	0	21

See also: 2018 Campbell Fighting Camels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Louisiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	3	13	7	7	30
Ragin' Cajuns	7	0	14	7	28

See also: 2018 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Troy

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	14	7	0	21
Trojans	21	3	14	7	45

See also: 2018 Troy Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	TROY, 42–17

Louisiana–Monroe

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warhawks	14	10	7	14	45
Chanticleers	3	10	7	0	20

See also: 2018 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	ULM, 51–43

at UMass

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	3	0	14	7	24
Minutemen	3	3	7	0	13

See also: 2018 UMass Minutemen football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2017	CCU, 38–28

at Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	17	3	7	10	37
Panthers	7	6	21	0	34

See also: 2018 Georgia State Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	GSU, 27–21

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	7	0	9	23
Chanticleers	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2018 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–4	2017	APST, 37–29

Arkansas State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Red Wolves	14	13	14	3	44
Chanticleers	0	6	7	3	16

See also: 2018 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2017	ARST, 51–17

Georgia Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	10	21	7	41
Chanticleers	7	3	0	7	17

See also: 2018 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–3	2017	CCU, 28–17

at South Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chanticleers	0	7	7	14	28
Jaguars	10	14	7	0	31

See also: 2018 South Alabama Jaguars football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

References

1. "2018 Biletnikoff Award Watch List". July 19, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
2. http://sunbeltsports.org/news/2018/7/18/mountaineers-red-wolves-selected-as-division-favorites-in-2018-sun-belt-football-coaches-preseason-poll.aspx
3. http://www.sunbeltsports.org/news/2018/7/20/sun-belt-announces-2018-preseason-all-conference-football-teams.aspx