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| head_coach = *Tony Elliott

| asst_coach =

• Des Kitchings – Offensive coordinator/ Tight ends
• John Rudzinski – Defensive coordinator/ Defensive backs
• Keith Gaither – Special teams coordinator/ Running backs
• Kevin Downing – Associate head coach/ Defensive tackles
• Mike Adams – Linebackers
• Curome Cox – Defensive passing game coordinator/ Defensive backs
• Terry Heffernan – Offensive line & offensive run game coordinator
• Taylor Lamb – Quarterbacks
• Adam Mims – Wide receivers
• Chris Slade – Defensive ends
• Jonathan Celestin – Graduate assistant
• Mike Hollins – Graduate assistant
• Mike Moore – Graduate assistant
• Jared Rayman – Graduate assistant
• Coy DeWeese – Senior defensive analyst
• Antonio Fenelus – Defensive analyst

| accessdate= February 23, 2025

}}

{{see also|2025 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team}}

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{{see also|2025 Virginia Tech Hokies football team|Virginia–Virginia Tech football rivalry}}

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