| Year: | 2012 |
| Team: | Coastal Carolina Chanticleers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Big South Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big South |
| Record: | 8–5 |
| Conf Record: | 5–1 |
| Head Coach: | Joe Moglia |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Dave Patenaude |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Def Coach: | Clayton Carlin |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Brooks Stadium |
| Champion: | Big South co-champion |
| Bowl: | NCAA Division I Second Round |
| Bowl Result: | L 35–63 at Old Dominion |
The 2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Moglia, the Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 8–5 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 into the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Chanticleers defeated Bethune–Cookman in the first round before losing in the second round to Old Dominion. Coastal Carolina played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.