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(Editor’s note: This story has been updated to include postgame quotes from Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall).
On Sunday, Coastal Carolina took the field at the 2025 College World Series, hoping to keep its hopes of a national championship alive against LSU.
In their 5-3 loss in Game 2 in the best-of-three championship series, the Chanticleers had to play much of the afternoon without the man who helped lead them there.
Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall was ejected from the game in the bottom of the first inning of a June 22 game at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha, Nebraska against LSU, which won the program’s eighth national championship.
While it’s unclear why, exactly, Schnall was kicked out, television cameras showed him coming out of the dugout to argue with home-plate umpire Angel Campos while putting up three fingers and appearing to say the crew missed three pitches.
Oh my goodness, Coastal Carolina coach Kevin Schnall has been ejected in the 1st inning against LSU
“You missed 3 pitches, you missed 3 pitches”
Then an umpire loses his balance.
This is ridiculous and absolutely absurd pic.twitter.com/uBrv3uc5T3
— Trey Wallace (@TreyWallace_) June 22, 2025
Schnall had received a warning from Campos for arguing balls and strikes and was then ejected for leaving the dugout. After the umpire’s ruling, he continued to argue, for which he’ll receive a two-game suspension, which would have kept him out for the remainder of the series.
Speaking to reporters after the game, Schnell took exception to the way he was treated by Campos, saying that “a grown man shooed me.” He added that an umpire who came into the altercation before tripping over Campos held up two fingers to Schnall after getting up off the turf to suspend him for bumping an umpire because “he was embarrassed.”
“I shouldn’t be responsible for a grown man’s lack of athleticism,” Schnall said.
The NCAA baseball rule book notes that a coach can be ejected for what Schnall was alleged to have done. The rule states:
“Balls, strikes, half swings or decisions about hit-by-pitch situations are not to be argued. After a warning, any player or coach who continues to argue balls, strikes, half swings or a hit-by-pitch situation shall be ejected from the game. Umpires shall record the warning.”
It goes on to add that “if a coach leaves the dugout or their position to argue a ball or strike call (including a half swing or hit-by-pitch), the coach may be ejected without warning.”
In addition to Schnall, Coastal Carolina first-base coach Matt Schilling was also tossed. The ESPN broadcast crew said Schnall described Schilling as the most important coach on his staff. Schilling was kicked out after walking behind the umpires near the first-base line and continuing to make comments to them, prompting the ejection.
With Schnall gone, Chanticleers associate head coach Chad Oxendine is serving as the acting coach, per the ESPN broadcast. Oxendine has college head-coaching experience, having worked as the Longwood head coach from 2022-24.
The altercation occurred 10 pitches into the bottom of the second inning, shortly after Coastal Carolina’s Sebastian Alexander stole second base with two outs.
Social media had no shortage of reactions to Schnall’s ejection, with many believing Campos’ move was an overreaction so early in a championship game. Here’s a sampling:
There are very few combinations of words in the English language that warrant ejecting a coach from an elimination game in the Men’s College World Series finals. And yet Coastal Carolina’s Kevin Schnall — and first-base coach Matt Schilling — just got run in the first inning.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 22, 2025
“You missed three pitches” does not qualify as one of those combinations. If this is all it took for Kevin Schnall to get ejected, that is absurd. pic.twitter.com/qKFIjhoSYh
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) June 22, 2025
Coastal Carolina’s Head Coach gets ejected in the 1st inning of the CWS Finals.
1B Coach Matt Schilling was also ejected
This is embarrassing for the sport. Need umpires with thicker skin. Emotional game with a lot on the line. pic.twitter.com/lGGR5dFzy7
— 11Point7 College Baseball (@11point7) June 22, 2025
Kevin Schnall walks slightly out of his dugout and yells…
“You missed 3 pitches.”
The home plate umpire then quickly ejects Schnall…
In the 1st inning…
Of a national championship game…
Utterly ridiculous. pic.twitter.com/YUiiGFYr6R
— Ben Stevens (@BenScottStevens) June 22, 2025
Umps just tossed Coastal Carolina HC and 1B coach for…what? It’s totally unclear. This is Game 2 for a national championship!!!
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Baseball umpires have the most fragile egos in sports. And they face no consequences for their actions.
— Ron Wechsler (@RonWechsler) June 22, 2025
I am a retired college sports official but the MCWS home plate umpire was dead wrong ejecting the Coastal Carolina coach in that situation.
— Jerry McGee (@JMcgee1992) June 22, 2025NCAA statement on Kevin Schnall ejection
The NCAA released a statement on June 22 addressing Schnall’s ejection. The statement read, in part:
“In the bottom of the first inning, Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall and first base coach Matt Schilling were ejected from the game for continued arguing about balls and strikes after being warned initially by the umpire crew. NCAA Playing Rule 3-6-f-Note 1 states that balls, strikes, half swings or decisions about hit-by-pitch situations are not to be argued. After a warning, any player or coach who continues to argue balls, strikes, half swings or a hit-by-pitch situation shall be ejected from the game.”
The full statement can be found here.