Staff Directory
McCarthy, Sean
Sean McCarthy
- Title:
- Associate Athletics Director for Compliance
- Email:
Sean McCarthy joined the Seton Hall Athletics staff in December 2021 as the Associate Athletics Director for Compliance.
McCarthy most recently served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at Eastern Michigan University after first joining the department in 2017 as the Assistant Director of Compliance. There, McCarthy was the primary contact for the men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics, tennis, men’s and women’s cross country, and track and field teams. Prior to joining Eastern Michigan, McCarthy spent 2016-17 at Virginia Commonwealth University as their compliance coordinator. While working at VCU, he was responsible for department-wide recruiting monitoring and administering NCAA recruiting certification exam to coaches. He also spent time researching, compiling, and drafting legislative relief waivers and interpretation requests. Before his stint in Richmond, Va., McCarthy interned at Northern Illinois University. While at NIU, McCarthy coordinated and compiled progress-toward-degree oversight and monitoring student-athlete performance to ensure eligibility. McCarthy also interned at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the summer of 2014. He helped audit off-campus recruiting and official visits conducted by athletic department teams and coaches. A native of Aurora, Neb., McCarthy earned his undergraduate degree in political science in 2012 from Iowa State University before picking up his Juris Doctor from the Marquette University Law School in 2016. While at Marquette, he was the recipient of the National Sports Law Institute’s Sports Law Certificate and served as an editorial board member on the Marquette Sports Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in the state of Wisconsin.
McCarthy most recently served as the Assistant Athletic Director for Compliance at Eastern Michigan University after first joining the department in 2017 as the Assistant Director of Compliance. There, McCarthy was the primary contact for the men’s and women’s basketball, gymnastics, tennis, men’s and women’s cross country, and track and field teams. Prior to joining Eastern Michigan, McCarthy spent 2016-17 at Virginia Commonwealth University as their compliance coordinator. While working at VCU, he was responsible for department-wide recruiting monitoring and administering NCAA recruiting certification exam to coaches. He also spent time researching, compiling, and drafting legislative relief waivers and interpretation requests. Before his stint in Richmond, Va., McCarthy interned at Northern Illinois University. While at NIU, McCarthy coordinated and compiled progress-toward-degree oversight and monitoring student-athlete performance to ensure eligibility. McCarthy also interned at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the summer of 2014. He helped audit off-campus recruiting and official visits conducted by athletic department teams and coaches. A native of Aurora, Neb., McCarthy earned his undergraduate degree in political science in 2012 from Iowa State University before picking up his Juris Doctor from the Marquette University Law School in 2016. While at Marquette, he was the recipient of the National Sports Law Institute’s Sports Law Certificate and served as an editorial board member on the Marquette Sports Law Review. He is licensed to practice law in the state of Wisconsin.
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