Charleston Southern University

• Location: Charleston, SC
• Nickname: Cougars
• Conference: Big South Conference 1985-present
• Ballpark: Buccaneer Field

R.J. Swindle was the first major leaguer to come out of Charleston Southern University, debuting in 2007. Bobby Parnell followed him that same year.

Charleston Southern was known as Baptist College at Charleston from its founding in 1964 until 1989. The school has sponsored baseball since 1967.

Notable Alumni

• Quincy Boyd, scout
• Daryl Clark, minor league player
• Stuart Lake, college coach
• Kyle Leon, minor league outfielder
• Daniel Padyšák, extraliga pitcher
• Bobby Parnell, pitcher
• Chris Singleton, minor league outfielder
• R.J. Swindle, pitcher
• Gorman Thomas, outfielder
• Tyler Thornburg, pitcher

Coaches

• Stan Honeycutt, 1967-1968
• Bill Kerr, 1969-1971
• Bill Bustle, 1972-1983
• Ralph Ciabattari, 1984-1988
• Jamie Futrell, 1989-1993
• Randy Mazey, 1994-1996
• Gary Murphy, 1997-2004
• Jason Murray, 2005-2008
• Stuart Lake, 2009-2016
• Adam Ward, 2017-2019
• George Schaefer, 2020
• Marc MacMillan, 2021-2024
• Karl Kuhn, 2025-present

Assistant Coaches

• Derek Hassell, 2007
• JM Kelly
• Jeff Kinne
• Karl Kuhn, 2024
• Lukas Ray, 2020
• Mike Scolinos, 2005
• Adam Ward, 2012-2016

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Overall Record	Conference Record	Post Season
1967	17-9
1968	5-10
1969	6-11
1970	12-9
1971	13-8
1972	6-10
1973	14-9-1		NAIA District Tournaments
1974	18-15		NAIA District Tournaments
1975	15-12		NAIA District Tournaments
1976	12-15
1977	18-12
1978	18-13
1979	12-19-1
1980	16-17
1981	20-14
1982	18-19
1983	9-22
1984	20-15
1985	21-19	1-5
1986	32-19	8-10
1987	25-17	3-9
1988	27-16	12-7	Big South
1989	15-26	6-12
1990	12-36	6-7	Big South
1991	17-30	5-14	Big South
1992	12-34	3-13	Big South
1993	19-23	7-15
1994	19-34	14-13
1995	17-36	8-16
1996	30-24-1	17-4	CWS Regionals
1997	21-36	12-8	Big South
1998	24-29	5-8
1999	26-32	5-8	Big South
2000	31-31-1	14-7	Big South
2001	13-37	3-18	Big South
2002	25-34	12-9	Big South
2003	19-37	9-12	Big South
2004	24-34	11-13	Big South
2005	24-29	8-16
2006	18-38	8-16
2007	22-34	7-14	Big South
2008	18-35	6-15	Big South
2009	16-37	10-15	Big South
2010	17-38	6-20
2011	29-30	15-12	Big South
2012	20-36	11-13	Big South
2013	22-34	11-13	Big South
2014	30-26	12-15	Big South
2015	23-30	10-14	Big South
2016	19-34	6-18
2017	22-29	9-15
2018	19-35	10-17	Big South
2019	23-36	11-16	Big South
2020	7-12	0-0
2021	18-26	18-22
2022	24-30	13-11	Big South
2023	22-28	13-14
2024	22-32	12-12	Big South