This was head coach Russ Bergman's third season at Coastal Carolina.

The Chanticleers competed in the Big South Conference and played their home games at Kimbel Arena.

The Chanticleers won the 1991 Big South Conference men's basketball tournament to advance to face Jackson State in a play-in game for the right to advance to the NCAA tournament.

Coastal Carolina defeated Jackson state to earn an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament as No.

15 seed in the Southeast Region, marking the school's first ever appearance in the NCAA tournament.