Before he walked off the podium at the end of his press conference during Sun Belt Conference Football Media Days in New Orleans in late July, Coastal Carolina interim head coach Jamey Chadwell paused for a moment to make a proclamation.
“We won’t finish 12th, I promise,” Chadwell said, in reference to the Chanticleers being picked to finish last in a poll of the conference’s head football coaches in their first season in the 12-team league.
Chadwell and the Chants have one game left to prove him right.
The Chants (2-9) earned their first Sun Belt win at Idaho in their last game on Nov.