Chuck Stegall was selected as Embry-Riddle's Assistant baseball coach, by his brother Randy who was the Eagles' head coach from 2007-24. The longest tenured coach in Embry-Riddle Baseball history, Chuck Stegall was elevated to Associate Head Coach in August 2024.
In 16 years at Embry-Riddle, Stegall has been instrumental in the Eagles' success, helping the Blue and Gold to a 551-321Â overall record during that stretch. He has helped lead the Eagles to seven Sun Conference regular season titles, five Sun Conference tournament titles and six NAIA postseason appearances, including NAIA World Series Final Four finishes in 2010, 2013 and 2015.
Stegall played a key role in the Eagles' successful transition from NAIA to NCAA II. Embry-Riddle made its first regional appearance in 2019 and in 2024, the Eagles advance to the NCAA II Super Regional before falling to eventual national champion Tampa.
During his first year at Embry-Riddle, Chuck Stegall helped his brother lead the Eagles to their sixth appearance in seven seasons at the NAIA World Series after sweeping the NAIA Region XIV Tournament and winning the conference title with an 18-3 league record and 44-18 overall mark.
In 2009, the Eagles repeated as conference champions and returned to Lewiston, Idaho, home of the Avista-NAIA World Series, after compiling a 3-0 record in the NAIA National Championship Opening Round.
In 2010, Embry-Riddle had one of their best years under the Stegalls, finishing 47-19 overall and making it to the final four at the NAIA World Series. The Eagles won both The Sun Conference regular season and tournament crowns and claimed their third straight trip to Lewiston with a National Championship Opening Round title in Daytona Beach.
2011 included a number of firsts for the Stegalls, who earned their first 50-win season, and were ranked No. 1 in the NAIA over the final three weeks of the regular season. ERAU finished 51-11 overall, including a Sun Conference record 24-3 in league play. The Blue and Gold advanced all the way to the Avista-NAIA World Series where the Eagles placed fifth.
During the 2012 campaign, the Eagles captured their fifth straight and 13th overall Sun Conference regular season title and made the 11th trip to the NAIA World Series in program history. Stegall helped lead the Eagles to a 43-18 finish, the 22nd consecutive winning season in Embry-Riddle history and the program’s 14th 40+ win season.
The 2013 season was yet another notch in the Stegall brothers’ coaching belt as the Eagles finished 50-15, making their sixth consecutive trip to the NAIA World Series after claiming the program’s 14th Sun Conference regular season title and the fourth league tournament title.
The 2014 campaign saw the Eagles once again claim The Sun Conference regular season crown, posting a 22-5 record in league play. The Blue and Gold fell in the title game of the conference tournament, but still was chosen to host an Opening Round for the sixth time in as many seasons. After coming out of the loser’s bracket to force a winner-take-all contest against Southern Poly, the Eagles’ postseason run stopped short of the World Series for the first time in the Stegall’s time at Embry-Riddle.
In Embry-Riddle’s final season in the NAIA, the Eagles went back to the World Series after capturing the program’s fifth Sun Conference Tournament title and sixth NAIA National Championship Opening Round crown. ERAU advanced to the semifinals for the third time in the Stegall era, falling to eventual national champion, Lewis-Clark State. The Eagles went 41-19, marking the eighth 40-win season under the Stegalls.
In 2007, Stegall helped guide the Indiana Tech Warriors to a 40-15-1 record, the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference regular season and tournament titles and a No. 20 ranking in the final NAIA poll.
Prior to going to Indiana Tech, Stegall spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Neosho County Community College in Kansas. During his tenure at NCCC, the Panthers captured a Jayhawk East Championship and finished third in the Region VI race in 2006. He helped coach six All-Conference players, two All-Region selections, two All-Americans, a Rawlings Big Stick Award winner, and the 2006 Junior College Player of the Year. Under his guidance, Panther players broke 13 of the school’s 22 hitting records.
Stegall played four seasons of college baseball for Coach Woody Hunt at Cumberland (Tenn.) where he helped the Bulldogs to four consecutive conference championships and four straight regional tournament appearances. He was a three-time Academic All-Conference honoree and was named the Defensive Player of the Year in 2003.
A native of Orlando, Fla., Stegall was a letterwinner at Lake Brantley High School where he played alongside former major leaguer Felipe Lopez and former MLB second baseman Rickie Weeks (Milwaukee Brewers). He helped the Patriots become the Florida State Champions in 1997 and was inducted into the Lake Brantley High School Hall of Fame in 2007.
Stegall earned his undergraduate degree in History/Geography from Cumberland in 2003 and completed his masters in Sports Management at Nova Southeastern in 2004.
Stegall resides in Port Orange, Fla., with his wife Melanie and their daughters Hayley and Paige. Â
