What is a Chanticleer?

Let’s find out what exactly Coastal Carolina’s mascot isThere are many questions heading into the College World Series, but there is one that probably stands out above the rest.

What in the world is a chanticleer?

Let’s start with the pronunciation first. It’s not like the word chant. It’s more pronounced like shont. And when you see this team referred to as the "Chants", you’re really saying it like shonts.

This video by the players explains how strongly they feel about having it pronounced correctly.

So now that we know how to say it, what is it?

Well, a chanticleer is a name for a rooster, but not just any rooster. It comes from Chaucer’s Canterbury Tails. The official CCU Athletics website…