Coastal Carolina associate AD Patrick Osborne debunks rumor AD Chance Miller was ejected

Following the ejection of multiple Coastal Carolina coaches in a College World Series championship series against LSU, rumors swirled that another individual had also been ejected. That being Coastal Carolina athletics director Chance Miller.

But Miller has not been ejected, according to a report from Coastal Carolina associate athletics director Patrick Osborne. Osborne tweeted as much on Sunday afternoon.

“Please feel free to use this as official confirmation, the rumors on social media are 100 percent false,” Osborne wrote. “[Coastal Carolina] athletics director Chance Miller has not been ejected. He’s in the stands supporting [Coastal Baseball] as he has been this entire trip and season.”

The drama started early in Game 2 of the series on Sunday. The first inning was marred by the multiple ejections.

It was in that frame that Coastal Carolina head coach Kevin Schnall was ejected. It’s an elimination game for the Chanticleers, who lost to LSU in Game 1 of the CWS on Saturday.

Schnall stepped onto the field to seemingly complain about an umpire’s strike call. The umpire motioned for him to back up and when Schnall didn’t obey, the umpire ejected him from the game.

From there, Schnall stormed onto the field, going after the umpire who had thrown him out of the game. Another official attempted to step between Schnall and the umpire he was going after, and was knocked to the ground in the process.

Kevin Schnall wasn’t the only Coastal Carolina coach who was thrown out of the CWS contest. Chanticleers first base coach Matt Schilling was also ejected from the game after appearing to complain about the umpires’ decision to eject Schnall.

While commentators typically remain unbiased on the broadcast, ESPN’s crew couldn’t help but criticize the umpires’ early ejection of Schnall. Play-by-play announcer Karl Ravech was particularly critical of the ejection.

“That’s an aggressive ejection,” Ravech said. “Angel Campos is a name familiar in umpiring circles, had some major league experience as well, a veteran umpire. But Schnall and the first base coach Schilling have both been ejected from this College World Series game in the bottom of the first inning. And Schnall has emphasized to us the most important coach that he has is Schilling at first base.

“Boy I’ve never seen that before. The Coastal Carolina dugout is minus their first base coach, and more important than that, their head coach, with eight innings to play. … Backs already against the wall, and now you’re down two key personnel to help you guide you through this.”

On3’s Grant Grubbs also contributed to this report.