The 2022 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented

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as a member of the East Division of the

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during the

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. The Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 9–4 with a mark of 6–2 in conference play, sharing the Sun Belt East Division title with

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. Coastal Carolina advanced to the

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, losing to

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. The Chanticleers were invited to the

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, where they lost to

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. Fifth-year head coach

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led the team through the regular season and the conference championship game before resigning the become the head football coach at

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. Chad Staggs served as interim head coach for the team's bowl game. Coastal Carolina played home games at

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Preseason

Media poll

The Sun Belt media days were held on July 25 and July 26. The Chanticleers were predicted to finish in second place in the Sun Belt's East Division. Coastal Carolina also received 2-of-14 first place votes.

Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference teams

Offense ''Player of the Year'' *

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– Quarterback, RS-JR ''1st team'' *Grayson McCall – Quarterback, RS-JR *

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– Offensive Lineman, JR Defense ''Player of the Year'' *Josaiah Stewart – Defensive Lineman, SO ''1st team'' *Josaiah Stewart – Defensive Lineman, SO *D'Jordan Strong – Defensive Back, Super SR ''2nd team'' *

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– Defensive Lineman, RS-SR

Schedule

All conference games were announced in early March 2022.

Rankings

Game summaries

Army

Gardner-Webb

Buffalo

At Georgia State

Georgia Southern

At Louisiana–Monroe

Old Dominion

Statistics

At Marshall

Appalachian State

Statistics

Southern Miss

At Virginia (Canceled)

At James Madison

At Troy (SBC Championship)

East Carolina (Birmingham Bowl)

Personnel

Roster

Notes

:The game between Coastal Carolina and Virginia was canceled on November 16, 2022, following the

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References

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