Year: | 2010 |
Team: | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Big South Conference |
Short Conf: | Big South |
Record: | 6–6 |
Conf Record: | 5–1 |
Head Coach: | David Bennett |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Off Coach: | Kevin Brown |
Oc Year: | 2nd |
Def Coach: | Curtis Walker |
Dc Year: | 8th |
Stadium: | Brooks Stadium |
Champion: | Big South co-champion |
Bowl: | NCAA Division I First Round |
Bowl Result: | L 10–17 vs. Western Illinois |
The 2010 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2010 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by eighth-year head coach David Bennett, the Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 6–6 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Big South title with Liberty and Stony Brook. Coastal Carolina received the Big South's automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Chanticleers lost in the first round to Western Illinois. The team played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.
Coastal Carolina played a five-overtime game against Towson on September 11, the longest in program history.[1]