The College World Series Finals are underway. LSU took Game 1 from Coastal Carolina, ending the Chanticleers’ 26-game win streak. This brought up a pivotal Game 2, which would crown the Tigers the national champions if they were to win.
Kevin Schnall coaches Coastal Carolina. He played catcher at Coastal and joined the coaching staff as an assistant. Schnall was an assistant for the Chants from 2001-2012. He then moved to UCF to be an assistant from 2013-2015. Schnall returned to Coastal in 2016 as the associate head coach just in time to win a national championship with the program.
He led Coastal Carolina to an impressive 56-12 record and another berth in the College World Series Championship Final. Unfortunately for Schnall, his tenure in Game 2 wasn’t long lived — he got tossed in the bottom of the first inning.
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Here is what happened to cause Schnall to get ejected.
Kevin Schnall ejection
Coastal Carolina was batting in the bottom of the first inning. The Chanticleers had a runner on first, and he stole second on a pitch that was called a strike. Coastal’s first base coach Matt Schilling didn’t like the strike call. He jawed at the umpire who called time to warn him, as well as the Coastal dugout. Schnall took exception to this and let the umpire know he had missed some calls already.
The home plate umpire wasn’t amused. In fact, he tossed Schnall. Then, he tossed Schilling, too.
Coastal Carolina head coach, Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling have been ejected from what could possibly be the last game of the MCWS finals 😱 pic.twitter.com/NjiVeQ3KKR
— ESPN (@espn) June 22, 2025
The broadcast is waiting on confirmation on whether or not the head coach will be able to coach if there is a Game 3.
