2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Big South co-champion
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record8–5 (5–1 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDave Patenaude (1st season)
Offensive schemePro spread
Defensive coordinatorClayton Carlin (1st season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumBrooks Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big South Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Stony Brook +^   5 1     10 3  
Coastal Carolina +^   5 1     8 5  
Liberty +   5 1     6 5  
Charleston Southern   3 3     5 6  
Gardner–Webb   2 4     3 8  
VMI   1 5     2 9  
Presbyterian   0 6     2 9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe Moglia, the Chanticleers compiled an overall record of 8–5 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, sharing the Big South title with Liberty and Stony Brook. Coastal Carolina received the Big South's automatic bid into the NCAA Division I Football Championship playoffs, where the Chanticleers defeated Bethune–Cookman in the first round before losing in the second round to Old Dominion. Coastal Carolina played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.