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OMAHA, Nebraska | If Coastal Carolina baseball coach Kevin Schnall鈥檚 vehement argument on the field wasn鈥檛 convincing enough, he made it clear after Sunday鈥檚 2025 College World Series final game that he objects to his ejection in the first inning.

According to a statement from the NCAA, Schnall was ejected for continuing to argue balls and strikes with home plate umpire Angel Campos after first being warned.

So he wasn鈥檛 present in the dugout for the final eight innings of CCU鈥檚 5-3 loss to LSU at Charles Schwab Field Omaha, which clinched the national championship for the Tigers.

"If that warrants an ejection, I'm the first one to stand here like a man and apologize," Schnall said. 鈥淭wo words that define our program are 鈥榦wn it,鈥� and what does that mean? It means you have to own everything that you do without blame, without defending yourself, without excuses.

鈥�. . . If that warranted an ejection, man, there would be a lot of ejections. As an umpire, I feel like it's your job to manage the game, the national championship game, with some poise, some calmness and a little bit of tolerance."

ABC television cameras picked up Schnall stepping out of the dugout to ask what he was being reprimanded for by home plate umpire Angel Campos, saying "For What?" Schnall then held up three fingers and appeared to say, "You've missed three pitches," and repeated it, which prompted his ejection by Campos.

Schnall discussed those circumstances following the game.

鈥淭here's 25,000 people there, and I vaguely hear a warning issued. As the head coach . . . I think it is your right to get an explanation of why we got warned. I'm 48 years old. I shouldn't get shooed by another grown man. When I walk out to find out what the warning is, a grown man shooed me. At that point I can now hear him say, 鈥業t was a warning issued for arguing balls and strikes.鈥� At that point I said, 鈥楤ecause you missed three.鈥� At that point, ejected.鈥�

The NCAA statement issued during the game claims both Schnall and Schilling were ejected because they violated Rule 3-6-f-Note 1, which states balls, strikes, half swings or decisions about hit-by-pitches are not to be argued, and the continued arguing of those topics following a warning warrants an ejection.

Schnall has been issued an additional two-game suspension for continuing to argue on the field after being ejected, which is a violation of Rule 5-15-a-4. The NCAA statement reads 鈥渂y rule, no team personnel may continue to argue or continue to excessively express themselves with prolonged actions or offensive language after an ejection.鈥�

Schnall鈥檚 suspension will carry over to the first two games of the 2026 season. First base coach Matt Schilling, who was ejected along with Schnall, also has an additional suspension of three games for the same violations.

Schnall appeared to believe after the game that he was receiving the two-game suspension for bumping an umpire, as one of the game鈥檚 other umpires fell but didn鈥檛 appear to have contact with Schnall.

鈥淚f you guys watch the video, there was a guy that came in extremely aggressively, tripped over Campos' foot, embarrassed in front of 25,000, immediately [raises two fingers and] goes two games suspension and said, 鈥榖umping the umpire.鈥� Immediately does that,鈥� Schnall said. 鈥淭here was no bump. He was embarrassed. I shouldn't be held accountable for a grown man's athleticism.

鈥淭hey'll retract it, though, because now it's excessive and the reason it was excessive is because I was trying to say I didn't bump him.鈥�

The ejections came immediately after a steal of second base by Sebastian Alexander with two outs in the bottom of the first, and was a shock to CCU鈥檚 players.

鈥淲e were just trying to get ourselves down from 100 there. Things escalated a little quicker than we liked,鈥� said Dean Mihos, who hit a solo home run in the second inning to give CCU a short-lived 1-0 lead and was CCU's lone representative on the CWS All-Tournament Team. 鈥淲e were just trying to get back to a level where we could breathe, get our feet back under us and try to continue executing.鈥�

CCU associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Chad Oxendine became the acting head coach after Schnall's ejection, and spoke to the team in a dugout huddle in the second inning. Director of Player Development and Recruiting Tyler Shewmaker replaced Schilling in the first base coach鈥檚 box.

While Schnall doesn鈥檛 believe his actions warranted an ejection, he is disappointed it became a major talking point about the game and the end to CCU鈥檚 season, calling CCU鈥檚 run to Omaha and the championship series 鈥渋ncredible.鈥�

鈥淎nd that's why I feel a little gutted right now because the talk is going to be about the ejection, not this team. And it's not right,鈥� Schnall said. 鈥淭he front row seat should be the 2025 Coastal Carolina baseball team, not what happened in the first inning.鈥�