What to know about Kevin Schnall, South Carolina baseball coach who was at Coastal

Yahoo Sports reports that COLUMBIA — South Carolina baseball officially hired Kevin Schnall from Coastal Carolina on June 10.

This move comes after South Carolina announced on March 21 that coach Paul Mainieri would not finish his second season with the program.

Interim coach Monte Lee, pitching coach Terry Rooney and assistant coach John Hendry were fired on May 21, after the season ended.

South Carolina hires Kevin Schnall from Coastal Carolina Schnall, 49, was an assistant at Coastal Carolina from 2001-12, spent two seasons as an assistant at Central Florida from 2013-15 then returned to Coastal as an associate head coach from 2016-24.

He was promoted to head coach for the 2025 season.

In 2020 before the season was shut down due to COVID-19 pandemic, Schnall was the acting head coach when Gary Gilmore was dealing with health issues.