South Carolina got an early start to college baseball’s coaching carousel when it parted ways with Paul Mainieri last month.
Now, the search is on to find the next South Carolina coach for the 2027 campaign. One name that’s surfaced early on in the process is Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall, who was also reportedly a candidate for Tennessee‘s head job back in the offseason.
Schnall insisted that his focus is on Coastal Carolina’s 2026 season.
“We’re in week 11, and we’re already talking about jobs. What a world we’re in,” Schnall said. “The only thing I can speak on with certainty is that our focus right now is extremely microscopic, and there are only two things that matter. Number one, what can we do to make this team better? Number two, what can we do to make this program better?
“I can assure you that there’s going to be nothing that’s going to distract us from our standards. There’s going to be nothing that’s going to distract us from our responsibility to lead these players and this team. That said, the landscape of college baseball has changed drastically in the last two or three years. If you don’t adapt and adjust to those changes, you will get ran over extremely fast. And we’re very fortunate here at Coastal Carolina to have tremendous leadership … They fully understand these changes and the requirements it takes, the commitment it takes, for Costal Baseball to remain elite.”
Schnall also referenced some “immediate facility needs” that Coastal Carolina is working to resolve. Here’s video of his comments:
Coastal Carolina Baseball Coach Kevin Schnall has been linked to the South Carolina job since Paul Mainieri was let go. Today, he addressed those rumors, stating he has complete confidence in the administration at CCU in their dedication to the program.@KendallRogers… pic.twitter.com/mJHpPoUnLK
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Schnall is a Coastal Carolina alum who played catcher for the Chanticleers from 1995-1999. He also had multiple stints as an assistant coach at Coastal before taking over as head coach in 2025.
Last season in his first year at the helm, Schnall led Coastal Carolina to a 56-13 record and a College World Series appearance.
South Carolina will be looking to get back to the elite levels of college baseball with its next hire. The Gamecocks last won the CWS in 2011 but haven’t reached Omaha since 2012.
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