What is the mascot for Coastal Carolina? What is a Chanticleer? Here's the meaning

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Coastal Carolina University's mascot used to be the Trojans.

But in the 1960s, that changed, according to the university.

Coastal Carolina English professor and the school's original basketball coach Cal F. Maddox spurred the idea of a mascot when the men's basketball program started in 1963. He looked to Geoffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales" for a new representative of the university, and he found the perfect option in "The Nun's Priest Tale."

The Chanticleer comes from the same family of the animal kingdom as the mascot at Coastal Carolina's parent institution, the University of South Carolina's Gamecock.

What is a Chanticleer?

Jun 28, 2016; Omaha, NE, USA; Coastal Carolina Chanticleers fans cheer during the game against the Arizona Wildcats in game two of the College World Series championship series at TD Ameritrade Park.

In short, it's a "proud and fierce rooster," according to Coastal Carolina University.

Here is how Chaucer describes a Chanticleer:

For crowing there was not his equal in all the land. His voice was merrier than the merry organ that plays in church, and his crowing from his resting place was more trustworthy than a clock. His comb was redder than fine coral and turreted like a castle wall, his bill was black and shone like a jet, and his legs and toes were like azure. His nails were whiter than the lily and his feathers were like burnished gold.

How do you pronounce Chanticleer?

The proper pronunciation of Chanticleer is SHON-ti-clear, according to Coastal Carolina.

What is the mascot for Coastal Carolina? What is a Chanticleer? Here's the meaning

What is a Chanticleer?

How do you pronounce Chanticleer?

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