After being hired as Embry-Riddle's head baseball coach in 2007, it did not take Randy Stegall long to determine who he wanted to have as his assistant coach. In his opinion, his brother Chuck was the perfect person to join him in the dugout. The Stegall partnership was one that had already proven to be successful as the brothers coached in tandem at Indiana Tech in 2006-07.
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 and 44-18 overall record. In 2009, the Eagles repeated as conference championships 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 their best year under the Stegalls to date, 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 an National Championship Opening Round title in Daytona Beach.
In 2007, Stegall helped lead 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 has also coached a variety of summer league teams, including the Sandlot Wooden Bat League in Nashville, Tenn., and the Lake Brantley American Legion summer baseball team, which he led to consecutive state tournament appearances in 1999 and 2000. He also spent three summers as a head coach in the Florida Collegiate Summer League for the Orlando Shockers and the Altamonte Springs Snappers.
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 current major leaguers Felipe Lopez (Washington Nationals) and 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 currently resides in Port Orange, Fla., with his wife Melanie. In addition to his coaching duties, Chuck Stegall also serves as Embry-Riddle's Athletic Fields Manager.
