The 2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as an independent the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

The Chanticleers joined the Sun Belt Conference in July 2016, initially as a full but non-football member.

The football program began transition to the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), joining Sun Belt football in 2017 and gaining full FBS membership and bowl eligibility in 2018.

[1][2] [3][4] Due to their transition to FBS, Coastal Carolina was not eligible to be ranked in the FCS Coaches Poll.

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