The South Carolina baseball program is starting a brand new era as it prepares for the 2027 season. Just last month, Gamecocks athletic director Jeremiah Donati hired former Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall to lead a program that finished with a historic 35 losses.
The Gamecocks also haven’t made it to the College World Series since 2012, and last won a regional in 2023. Although it feels like Coach Schnall has to rebuild the South Carolina baseball program from the ground up, Schnall is careful not to call it that. In a recent interview with 107.5 The Game on Wednesday, he’s using a different term to describe turning things around.
“We’re calling it a recharge, re-energize,” Schnall said via Gamecock Central. “The bones of this place are special. I reflect back when I started coaching in 2000, and as you guys know, I mean that was the heyday — 2000 to 2012. The legendary Hall of Fame coach Ray Tanner. What the program was during that time, it was the standard. It was the biggest, the baddest, best program in all of college baseball. Nine Super Regionals, six trips to Omaha, two national championships.”…