College of Charleston Athletics

Head Coach Bob Story built one of the most successful and elite programs at the College of Charleston.

During his tenure from 1980 to 2018, he sculpted the equestrian program into one of national prestige including 27 Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) National Championship Horse Show appearances since 1983. Story’s teams consistently placed in the Top 5 at nationals, won the IHSA Zone 5 Region 9 title 29 times and claimed the IHSA Zone 5 Championship title 10 times.
 
Back in 1980, Story became the head coach of the CofC equestrian program when it was a club team on campus. It was later elevated to a varsity program in 1989 when former President Harry Lightsey tapped equestrian to be the team to bring the College into NCAA Division I compliance.
 
The equestrians boasted 21 individual national champions including Eliza Hay and Victoria Bauer – both winning the Cacchione Cup, the sport’s highest honor bestowed upon the nation’s best collegiate rider – in 2015 and 2016 respectively.

College of Charleston also won three reserve national championships in 1989, 1991 and 2014 under Story.