TV Cameras Caught Charleston Coach’s Son Mercilessly Trolling Stony Brook in CAA Tournament

The Kelsey family had a great time leading the College of Charleston Cougars to their second straight Big Dance.

The NCAA basketball tournaments mark one of the most fertile times of year for one of sports television’s great art forms: the reaction shot.

Who can forget, for instance, Georgia State coach Ron Hunter sliding off his chair when his Panthers upset Baylor in the first round in 2015? Or Villanova’s infamous “crying piccolo girl” from the same tournament?

On Tuesday, Charleston submitted an early entrant to this year’s sweepstakes during its 82–79 overtime win over Stony Brook in the Coastal Athletic Association men’s tournament championship.

Cougars coach Pat Kelsey’s young son, Johnny, ruthlessly mocked the Seawolves with a crying gesture as the game drew to a close on CBS Sports Network.

I can’t stop laughing at this. https://t.co/zyxqfpBSiE pic.twitter.com/yEWia2U5Tp

— Matt Eisenberg (@matteise) March 13, 2024

The younger Kelsey, who will turn 11 on Thursday, was profiled by Charleston’s CBS affiliate when the Cougars made the tournament last year.

One of the nation’s strongest low-major programs at the moment, Charleston is 58–11 over the past two seasons—and basking in the glow of its first back-to-back NCAA tournament berths since making three consecutive appearances from 1997 through ’99.