The NCAA’s Division I baseball committee publicly reprimanded Coastal Carolina athletic director Chance Miller Friday for an incident dating back to June, when he was alleged to have berated the NCAA staff during Game 2 of the College World Series in Omaha.
In calling out Miller—who became Coastal Carolina’s AD last year—the NCAA was, in effect, rebuking one of its own. From 2009 to 2013, Miller served as a top NCAA enforcement official and has also been a liaison to the association’s committee on sportsmanship and ethical conduct, among other task forces.
Miller declined to comment through a Coastal Carolina spokesperson.
His admonishment follows the D-I baseball committee’s public reprimand of Florida head baseball coach Kevin O’Sullivan for “aggressive behavior and profanity-laced language directed at a variety of individuals” before a regional game on June 1. O’Sullivan later apologized and expressed remorse, according to the committee.
Miller’s conduct occurred after Coastal Carolina head baseball coach Kevin Schnall and assistant Matt Schilling were ejected in the bottom of the first inning of the second game against LSU. The Tigers went on to win 5-3, sweeping the two-game series to take the title.
Following the ejections, Miller allegedly confronted NCAA staff in “the hallways of Charles Schwab Field,” then aired his frustration on social media. In a viral post on X, he criticized the ejections as having been “made with an alarming level of haste.”
He added: “The NCAA must re-evaluate how it trains, assigns and reviews umpires in championship environments. We expect consistency, communication and the same level of excellence from officials that we demand of our teams.”
Before then, the NCAA said Miller targeted the NCAA national coordinator of umpires, Scott Cline, and later confronted other NCAA staffers. Cline, who served as crew chief for the 2024 men’s College World Series, had been in the national coordinator role for only two months. He left the position in August for a role with the Atlantic Coast Conference and was succeeded by Jeff Gosney, the crew chief of the most recent baseball championships involving Coastal Carolina.
Before joining Coastal Carolina, Miller, an attorney, served as senior association athletic director at South Carolina and practiced law in New York City. He earlier worked as assistant corporation counsel for the New York City Law Department prior to before being hired as an NCAA investigator.
During his NCAA tenure, Miller was involved in a number of high-profile enforcement investigations, including the academic fraud case involving athletes at the University of North Carolina and the so-called “Tattoogate” probe at Ohio State.
Miller was hired by Coastal Carolina in June 2024, replacing longtime athletics administrator Matt Hogue.
(This story has been updated in the second paragraph to clarify Miller’s role with the sportsmanship and ethical conduct committee.)