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What is a 'Chanticleer'? Coastal Carolina's mascot and nickname, explained
Coastal Carolina is back in the men's College World Series, with the Chanticleers facing the LSU Tigers and hoping to win their first national title in baseball since 2016 (and maybe they're getting some support from an Outer Banks actress). But if you're here, you might be wondering about something in the paragraph above: just what the heck is a Chanticleer? If you've never heard of that, you'd understandably be confused. Luckily, we've got you covered. A Chanticleer is a rooster, and the name came from Geoffrey Chaucer's classic Canterbury Tales. But there's a story about how Coastal Carolina ended up with a name like that: How did Coastal Carolina get the name Chanticleers? From CCU's site: In the early 1960s, Coastal's athletic teams were known as the Trojans. A group of Coastal students and their English professor-basketball coach Cal Maddox brought up the idea of a new mascot. At the time, with Coastal serving as a two-year branch campus of the University of South Carolina, many people began to push for a nickname that was more closely related to USC's Gamecock. Thus, Chanticleer was born, giving Coastal its own identity and one of the most unique mascots in college athletics. What's the pronunciation of Chanticleer? It's not CHANT-IH-CLEAR. It's SHON-TI-CLEAR. What's Coastal Carolina's mascot? That would be Chauncey.
USA Today
31-05-2025
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- USA Today
What is a Chanticleer? Coastal Carolina's mascot explained
With the College World Series having kicked off its round of regional tournaments on Friday, the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers are one of the hosts. But what is a Chanticleer? The name comes from a rooster character in a Middle Age fable that was eventually widely popularized in "The Canterbury Tales," Geoffrey Chaucer's 14th century short story anthology that had a marked impact on English literature in the centuries since. Coastal Carolina, which originally dubbed its sports teams the Trojans, adopted the new moniker in the early 1960s, when it transitioned from being a regional community college to an extension of the University of South Carolina. To make its teams' nickname more in-line with South Carolina's "Gamecocks" – also a rooster – what was then known as USC Coastal Carolina College changed its mascot to the Chanticleer. COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: Regional host sites for NCAA baseball tournament bracket After Coastal Carolina ended its connection with the University of South Carolina and became an independent university, it held onto the Chanticleer nickname. Here's everything you need to know about what a Chanticleer is: What is a Chanticleer? Chanticleer was the name of a rooster featured as the main character of "The Nun's Priest's Tale," a portion of Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales." In "The Nun's Priest's Tale," Chanticleer has a dream that he is going to be caught and killed by a fox. After waking in a panic, the rooster is eventually consoled by one of his wives. But Chanticleer's dream was one of clairvoyance; he encounters a fox waiting for him in a cabbage patch, and the wily animal convinces the prideful Chanticleer to show off his crow with his eyes closed and neck outstretched. As Chanticleer closes his eyes, the fox snatches him by the neck and runs off. But Chanticleer, a witty animal in his own right, plays up to the fox's pride and convinces it to tell the pursuers to give up. As soon as the fox opens its mouth to boast of its speed to the animals giving chase, Chanticleer escapes its jaws and hides. 2025 COLLEGE WORLD SERIES: Tournament bracket winners and losers start with SEC College World Series Conway regional schedule Dates: Friday, May 30 - Monday, June 2 Friday, May 30 - Monday, June 2 Teams: Coastal Carolina, Florida, East Carolina and Fairfield Friday, May 30 Game 1: East Carolina vs. Florida | Noon ET Game 2: Fairfield vs. Coastal Carolina | 6 p.m. ET Saturday, May 31 Game 3: Game 1 loser vs. Game 2 loser | Noon ET Game 4: Game 1 winner vs. Game 2 winner | 6 p.m. ET Sunday, June 1 Game 5: Game 4 loser vs. Game 3 winner | Noon ET Game 6: Game 4 winner vs. Game 5 winner | 6 p.m. ET Monday, June 2 Game 7 (if necessary for double elimination): Game 6 winner vs. Game 6 loser | TBA
