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NEW ORLEANS — Following an 11-2 campaign and its first-ever bowl victory in 2021, Coastal Carolina will commence its 2022 season on Saturday, Sept. 3, when it welcomes Army to Brooks Stadium at 7 p.m. ET/ 6 p.m. live on ESPN+. 
 
The matchup will be the first-ever meeting between the Chanticleers and Black Knights and is 1-of-4 first-time matchups on Coastal Carolina’s schedule this season—joining Marshall, Southern Miss and Virginia. 
 
Coastal Carolina’s non-conference slate also features home games against Gardner-Webb (Sept. 10) and Buffalo (Sept. 17) and a road trip to Virginia (Nov. 19). 
 
The Chanticleers were picked to finish second in the new-look Sun Belt East Division, behind reigning division champion App State, but were 1-of-4 teams to receive at least one first-place vote in the 2022 Sun Belt Football Preseason Coaches Poll. 
 
In his fourth season as the full-time head coach, Jamey Chadwell will lead a roster that returns five All-Sun Belt selections from 2021 and had five players named to the 2022 Preseason All-Sun Belt teams. The Chanticleers also had 10 student-athletes listed on national preseason award watch lists ahead of the 2022 campaign. 
 
Paramount among Coastal Carolina’s returners is two-time Sun Belt Player of the Year redshirt junior quarterback Grayson McCall, who was also named the 2022 Sun Belt Preseason Offensive Player of the Year. Sophomore defensive lineman Josaiah Stewart earned the 2022 Sun Belt Preseason Defensive Player of the Year nod, giving the team from Conway a clean sweep of the preseason individual accolades. 

 

The Chanticleers have advanced to a bowl game in each of the past two seasons—the first FBS postseason appearances in program history. 
 
To listen to head coach Jamey Chadwell, McCall and redshirt senior nose tackle Jerrod Clark’s comments from the 2022 Sun Belt Football Media Days, download the latest Around the Sun Podcast episode on Apple Podcasts, Pandora or Spotify—among other platforms—or visit the Sun Belt Conference YouTube page. 



2022 SCHEDULE 

9/3	Army
9/10	Gardner-Webb
9/17	Buffalo
9/22	at Georgia State*
10/1	Georgia Southern*
10/8	at ULM*
10/15	Old Dominion*
10/29	at Marshall*
11/3	App State*
11/12	Southern Miss*
11/19	at Virginia
11/26	at James Madison*

 
* Sun Belt Conference Game
 
2021 ALL-SUN BELT RETURNERS
First Team
QB – Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina (RS Jr., QB – Indian Trail, N.C.)
DL – Josaiah Stewart, Coastal Carolina (So., DL – Everett, Mass.) 
DB – D’Jordan Strong, Coastal Carolina (Super Sr., DB – Batesville, Miss.) 
 
Second Team
OL – Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina (Jr., OL – Lakeland, Fla.) 
 
Honorable Mention
RB – Braydon Bennett, Coastal Carolina (RS So., RB – Greenville, S.C.) 
 
2022 PRESEASON ALL-SUN BELT SELECTIONS
First Team
QB – Grayson McCall, Coastal Carolina (RS Jr., QB – Indian Trail, N.C.)
OL – Willie Lampkin, Coastal Carolina (Jr., OL – Lakeland, Fla.) 
DL – Josaiah Stewart, Coastal Carolina (So., DL – Everett, Mass.) 
DB – D’Jordan Strong, Coastal Carolina (Super Sr., DB – Batesville, Miss.) 
 
Second Team
DL – Jerrod Clark, Coastal Carolina (RS Sr., DL – Dorchester, Mass.)