5 things to know about Kevin Schnall, South Carolina’s next baseball coach
Coastal Carolina’s Kevin Schnall is expected to be hired as South Carolina’s new baseball coach. The 49-year-old has spent 25 years at Coastal as a player, longtime assistant and head coach.
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Here are key takeaways:
- Schnall has won more than 70% of his games (93-36) in two seasons as Coastal Carolina’s head coach, leading the Chanticleers to the College World Series final last year as a No. 13 seed.
- He’s a Coastal Carolina lifer — two years as a player (1998-99), 21 as an assistant under Gary Gilmore and two as head coach. He was also an assistant on Coastal’s 2016 national championship team.
- Schnall runs a small-ball offense. Coastal led the Sun Belt in sacrifice bunts and hit-by-pitches this season and finished among the top three in walks and stolen bases.
- He has a reputation as a strong developer of catchers. Chants catcher Caden Bodine won the Johnny Bench Award last year before being drafted in the first round by the Baltimore Orioles.
- The financial jump will be big. Schnall’s base salary at Coastal is $500,000, while former USC coach Paul Mainieri made $1.3 million. A salary at or above $1.5 million would put Schnall in the top 10 among SEC coaches.
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Jordan Kaye
The State