List of Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football seasons
The following is a list of seasons completed by the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team. The Chanticleers currently compete in the Sun Belt Conference, which participates in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), in the 2017 season. From the start of its football program in 2003 through 2016, Coastal was part of the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). For all but the last of its FCS seasons, Coastal was a member of the Big South Conference. In 2015, Coastal announced that it would start a transition to FBS in 2016 , which coincided with the school joining the Sun Belt Conference for non-football sports. The first transitional season of 2016 was played as an FCS independent; the second transitional season will see the Chanticleers join Sun Belt football, though they will not be eligible for the conference championship or bowl games until becoming full FBS members in 2018. The program has existed only since 2003, but in that time Coastal has amassed seven conference championships (five as co-champions and two outright). They also qualified for the FCS playoffs six times, with quarterfinal appearances in 2013 and 2014. The Chanticleers  have had three head coaches in their brief history. David Bennett led the team for its first nine years of existence, and compiled a 63–39 record at Coastal. Bennett was succeeded by Joe Moglia, who in six years has compiled a 51–15 record at the school. During the 2017 season, Moglia took a leave due to medical issues, and was replaced by interim head coach Jamey Chadwell, who guided the Chanticleers to a 3–9 record in their first season of Sun Belt play. Coastal Carolina will be bowl-eligible beginning in 2018. List of Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football seasons The