OMAHA (WBTW) – After leading Coastal Carolina to its first-ever trip to the 2016 College World Series, Chanticleer head coach Gary Gilmore has been named to National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association National Coach of the Year. Gilmore has been the coach at Coastal for the past 21 years.

CCU opened the season ranked No. 24 in the NCBWA preseason poll and after dropping out for several weeks, returned to the rankings on April 18 and have since remained thanks to winning 38 of their last 46 games.