Sean Cartell enters his third year at the Sun Belt Conference after starting in August 2021. He was promoted to Associate Commissioner, Communications & Branding in July 2023.
Cartell serves as the secondary communications contact for football and the primary communications contact for volleyball, men’s basketball, beach volleyball and men's & women's golf.
Cartell, the 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Rising Star Award Recipient, is entering his 20th year working in athletics communications. He joined the Sun Belt after spending more than five years at the University of Texas as Associate Media Relations Director, working with the Longhorns' nationally prominent women's basketball, women's golf and rowing programs. He also oversaw the media relations student assistant program for Texas Athletics.
Cartell has held athletics communications roles at Santa Fe College (2003-04), Kentucky (2004-08), UCF (2008) and Florida (2008-11). Working at the Southeastern Conference from 2011-15, Cartell served as the conference's first sport administrator and championship director for equestrian and worked with SECU, the conference's academic initiative.
Cartell holds a Bachelor of Arts in Integrated Strategic Communications from the University of Kentucky (2007) and an M.S. in Sport Studies from Tulane University in 2022 with a 4.0 GPA and graduate certificates in Sport Administration and Sport Coaching. He earned his Accreditation in Public Relations from the Public Relations Society of America in January 2022.