Bio
Chal Port coached The Citadel's baseball team for 27 years, compiling a record of 641-386-2 (.624) and posting winning records in 24 of those seasons. Port, who finished his career as the Southern Conference's leader in overall and league wins (253), guided The Citadel to the 1990 College World Series, and the Bulldogs remain the only Division I military school to achieve that feat.
A six-time SoCon Coach of the Year, three-time South Carolina Coach of the Year and two-time Atlantic Region Coach of the Year, Port led his teams to seven league titles and five NCAA regionals. He was named the Sporting News National Coach of the Year in 1990, when, in addition to leading the Bulldogs to the College World Series, he guided his squad to a school-record 46 wins, including a school-record 26-game win streak, and a No. 6 final national ranking.
Port, who graduated all but three of his players in 27 years and produced 12 professional players, was inducted into the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1995 and the Charleston Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. He was an honorary inductee into The Citadel Hall of Fame in 1996.